Hi,
I've always felt that the scaling of some lists are better than others. Middle Anglo-Saxon is, I think, a 'victim' of poor scaling.
If we assume that all infantry elements available in the list (Wb, Sp, Ps and even Hd) are 250 men then we have an army of 48,250 with only 5000 (about 10%) being Hird.
I accept that 5000 is an acceptable figure for the maximum hird representation at any battle of the period, but feel that 48,000 is a little bit overcooked re the numbers that would have been available to any army in this time and place.
Does anybody have any figures in respect of how many men that armies of this time and place generally fielded? And if so, what was the normal % of Hird to all others fielded?
Is Bernard Cornwell right when he describes fighting of the era in his novels? If so then Sp(I) should probably support Sp(O) in the enemy bound.....
Cheers,
Dave