A Saxon-ish peasant warrior.
The gender is likely not historically accurate, but I wanted to paint a female Saxon peasant warrior, so I did!
This would be member of the peasant class, a ceorl, and probably a kotsetla, which is sort of in the middle range of peasant ranking. She’s armed with a seax, which is basically just a knife, and would have been her weapon when she was asked to join the fyrd (army mobilized from freemen). Swords were likely too expensive for many members of the peasant class.
Gouache on paper.
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