Spurs

It's important to note that spurs are not reserved regalia in the Society for Creative Anachronism.  In some places they're a tradition for knights, which is a holdover from the early days before equestrian activities were developed because knights were, after all, usually mounted.  Spurs are equestrian tools first and foremost so check for reserved regalia (unadorned chains and white belts) before assuming someone wearing them is a knight.

 

Bronze rowel spur (National Museum of Ireland 6542:W30). Ireland

Gilt copper prick spur (National Museum of Ireland 1883:375). Ireland

Prick spur (York Archeological Trust 3826). England - ca. 930-75

Prick spur (York Archeological Trust 3834). England - ca. 975-11th C.

Spur rowel (York Archeological Trust 12931). England - late 11th-16th C.

Rowel spur (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr XV-2171). Poland - 14th C.

Three Peasants in Conversation by Albrecht Dürer (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.3473). Germany – ca. 1497

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