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The archaeology of weapons : arms and armour from prehistory to the age of chivalry /

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Describes the development of arms and armor over the course of thirty centuries, from prehistoric times through the Age of Chivalry; and includes line drawings and photographs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oakeshott, R. Ewart (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 1996.
Subjects:
Military weapons > History.
Armor > History.
Military history, Medieval.
Armor, Medieval > History.
Armor, Medieval.
Armes de guerre > Histoire.
Histoire militaire médiévale.
Armures médiévales.
Armor
Armor, Medieval
Military history, Medieval
Military weapons
Armes médiévales > Histoire.
History
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • The pitiless bronze
  • Iron comes to Europe: the Hallstatt people
  • The Gauls
  • The great migrations
  • Rome in decline: the Gothic cavalry
  • The bog-deposits of Denmark
  • The arms of the migration period
  • Swords in the Viking period
  • The Vikings at war
  • From Charlemagne to the Normans
  • The gay science of chivalry
  • Sword types and blade inscriptions, 1100-1325
  • Sword hilts and fittings
  • The sword in wear
  • The complete arming of a man, 1100-1325
  • Armour and the longbow in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
  • Swords and daggers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.