Reading Historical Treatises -- weather in the context of Reenactment, HEMA, or Woodworking, is something of a hobby of mine. I like to know how things were done in the past.

And, it occurred to me after reading a few on woodworking:

No mention is made of clamps -- at least, not that I have come across.

There are, of course, vises and holdfasts. But using auxillery clamps, or clamping while gluing up, doesn't seem to be mentioned.

Am I missing anything? Or did they simply not rely on them to the same extent that we do in modern times?