A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour

The primary focus of this book is on the arms and armour of Europe, but also included are neighbouring cultures where these had a direct influence on developments and changes within Europe, from late Roman cavalry armour, Byzantium and the East, to the influence of the Golden Horde.

List of contents

Arms and Armour of the Late Roman Army - Jon Coulston
Scandinavian Weaponry in the Tenth Century: The Example of Denmark - Anne Pedersen
The Metallurgy of Medieval Arms and Armour - Alan Williams
The Earliest European Firearms - Marco Morin
Some Aspects of Early Byzantine Arms and Armour - John F. Haldon
Suntagma Hoplon The Equipment of Regular Byzantine Troops, c.950 to c.1204 -
The Lost Shield of Baldwin of Flanders and Hainault, First Latin Emperor of Constantinople - Claude Gaier
Later Byzantine Arms and Armour - Andrea Babuin
The Mutual Influence of Europe and Asia in the Field of Arms and Armour - Helmut Nickel
Arms and Armour in South-Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the First Millennium AD - Michael Gorelik
Close Combat Weapons in the Early Abbasid Period: Maces and Axes - Shihab al-Sarraf
Jawshan, Cuirie and Coat-of-Plates: An Alternative Line of Development for Hardened Leather Armour - David Nicolle

About the author

David Nicolle

Product details

• Authors: David Nicolle
• Assisted by: David Nicolle (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2002
• EAN: 9780851158723
• ISBN: 978-0-85115-872-3
• No. of pages: 472
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 263 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1229 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Medieval, History - Military / War, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science