"Saxon warriors would have spent a lot of time training to maintain their skills. You're not born knowing how to use a sword..." Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t09RoVylt7w In this video, History Hit duo Louee Dessent and Luke Tomes join the Swords of Penda re-enactment group - volunteers who bring the 7th century to life through painstaking research and experimental archaeology - to test their early medieval mettle. Louee fills the shoes of a Saxon thane, a minor land