Author: Charles John Ffoulkes
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
There are seven chapters in this book which tell in detail the development and then decline of metal armour from simple chain mail to complex and intricate pieces of metalwork and craftsmanship. Armour for both men and horses is described, as are also the weapons commonly used during those times.
Armour & Weapons
Author: Charles John Ffoulkes
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
There are seven chapters in this book which tell in detail the development and then decline of metal armour from simple chain mail to complex and intricate pieces of metalwork and craftsmanship. Armour for both men and horses is described, as are also the weapons commonly used during those times.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
There are seven chapters in this book which tell in detail the development and then decline of metal armour from simple chain mail to complex and intricate pieces of metalwork and craftsmanship. Armour for both men and horses is described, as are also the weapons commonly used during those times.
European Weapons and Armour
Author: Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383720X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383720X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
Palladium Books Presents-- the Compendium of Weapons, Armour & Castles
Author: Matthew Balent
Publisher: Palladium Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9780916211387
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: Palladium Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9780916211387
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Oriental Armour
Author: H. Russell Robinson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486418189
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Detailed, scholarly study, enhanced with over 400 illustrations, surveys defensive armor of Persia, Turkey, India, China, Ceylon, the Philippines, Korea, Tibet, and other regions. Splendid overview brings together much previously inaccessible material.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486418189
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Detailed, scholarly study, enhanced with over 400 illustrations, surveys defensive armor of Persia, Turkey, India, China, Ceylon, the Philippines, Korea, Tibet, and other regions. Splendid overview brings together much previously inaccessible material.
Pietro Monte's Collectanea
Author: Petrus Montius
Publisher: Armour and Weapons
ISBN: 9781783272754
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
First translation into English of a wide-ranging military treatise from the late middle ages.
Publisher: Armour and Weapons
ISBN: 9781783272754
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
First translation into English of a wide-ranging military treatise from the late middle ages.
The Archaeology of Weapons
Author: R. Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486292885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486292885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
Weapon
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756642191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor is an epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armor, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Weapon includes all the important arms from the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms from ancient Egyptian axes, through bows and spears of traditional societies in Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, and the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used are revealed.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756642191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor is an epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armor, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Weapon includes all the important arms from the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms from ancient Egyptian axes, through bows and spears of traditional societies in Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, and the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used are revealed.
Weapon
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740336321
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The ultimate record of arms and armour through the ages - in a new compact edition. An epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armour, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Includes all the important arms through the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms. From ancient Egyptian axes, through traditional bows and spears of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, revealing the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740336321
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The ultimate record of arms and armour through the ages - in a new compact edition. An epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armour, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Includes all the important arms through the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms. From ancient Egyptian axes, through traditional bows and spears of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, revealing the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used.
AFRICAN ARMS & ARMOR
Author: SPRING CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Using eyewitness accounts of travelers and missionaries to Africa, the oral history of Africans, and the visual evidence of the weapons themselves, Spring builds a comprehensive cultural and ethnographic survey of traditional arms and armor from several centuries ago to the present.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Using eyewitness accounts of travelers and missionaries to Africa, the oral history of Africans, and the visual evidence of the weapons themselves, Spring builds a comprehensive cultural and ethnographic survey of traditional arms and armor from several centuries ago to the present.
A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons
Author: Francis Grose
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description