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Author:   Alan Williams
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   2.928kg
ISBN:  

9789004124981

ISBN 10:   9004124985
Pages:   956
Publication Date:   25 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Claude Blair; Acknowledgements; SECTION ONE IRON; 1.1 The earliest ironmaking; 1.2 Swords; 1.3 Hardening of steel; SECTION TWO MAIL; 2.1 Mail; 2.2 Armour of the later Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages; SECTION THREE KNIGHTS; 3.1 The birth of the knight; 3.2 Infantry and crossbows; SECTION FOUR ITALY; 4.1 The triumph of an industry; 4.2 The flourishing of an industry - The Metallurgy of Italian armour; 4.3 The metallurgy of Italian armour before 1510; 4.4 The eclipse of an industry - Italian armour after 1510; 4.5 The metallurgy of Italian armour after 1510; SECTION FIVE GERMANY; 5.1 German armour up to 1450; 5.2 The metallurgy of German armour up to 1450; 5.3 Augsburg armour; 5.4 The metallurgy of Augsburg armour from the later 15th century onwards; 5.5 Innsbruck armour; 5.6 The metallurgy of Innsbruck armour; 5.7 Landshut armour; 5.8 The metallurgy of Landshut armour; 5.9 Nurnberg armour; 5.10 The metallurgy of Nurnberg armour; 5.11 The metallurgy of Nurnberg tournament armours of the late 15th century; SECTION SIX THE REST OF EUROPE; 6.1 Miscellaneous German armour; 6.2 Flanders; 6.3 The metallurgy of Flemish armour; 6.4 England; 6.5 The metallurgy of armour (presumed to have been) made in England; 6.6 Spain; 6.7 France; 6.8 Sweden; 6.9 North Germany and The Netherlands; SECTION SEVEN GUNS; 7.1 The invention of guns; 7.2 The earliest guns in Europe; 7.3 Guns in 15th century warfare; 7.4 Handguns in the 16th century; SECTION EIGHT PRODUCTION; 8.1 Furnaces and blooms; 8.2 Hardening armour; 8.3 The mass-production of armour; SECTION NINE PROTECTION; 9.1 Thickness of armour; 9.2 Attack on armour; 9.3 Effectiveness of armour according to contemporary evidence; 9.4 Estimating the effectiveness of armour; 9.5 Conclusion - Did it work? Index

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Das technologisch ausgerichtete Werk prasentiert eine Fulle neuen Materials zur Geschichte der europaischen Rustungsindustrie - im umfassenden Sinne des Wortes. M.M., Deutsches Archiv fur Erforschung des Mittelalters, 2004. Devoted students of armor will definitely want to seek out this book and its references... Steven A. Walton, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2004. ...richly illustrated work offers a detailed discussion of the scientific aspect of medieval arms production as well as taking a comparative view of countries across Europe. K. Stober, Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature. ...the study represents an enormous amount of labor, and the findings are of substantial importance to scholars...The author deserves considerable credit for undertaking a vast amount of research and assembling much significant information...an important book that holds useful information for the patient and diligent reader. William Caferro, Speculum, 2004.

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Alan R. Williams, Ph.D. (1974) in History of Science, University of Manchester, is Visiting Research Fellow, Engineering Department, Reading University. He has published extensively on the metallurgy of armour and weapons, and is the co-author of The Royal Armoury at Greenwich (1995).

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