Archaeology of Weapons Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry

Name: Archaeology of Weapons Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry
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ISBN: 9780486292885

ISBN-10: 0486292886

ISBN-13: 9780486292885

Edition: Unabridged

Authors: R. Ewart Oakeshott

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Tremendously detailed and thorough account of premodern weapons of war — from the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages and the breakup of the Roman Empire, to the Viking era and the Age of Chivalry. Profusely illustrated with a host of armor and weapons: daggers, longbows, crossbows, helmets, swords, shields, spears and more.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface to 1994 Reprint


Errata


Introduction



The Prehistoric Period



"The Pitiless Bronze"



Iron Comes to the Europe: The Hallstatt People



The Gauls



The Heroic Age



The Great Migrations



Rome in Decline: The Gothic Cavalry



The Bog-Deposits of Denmark



The Arms of the Migration Period



The Vikings



Swords in the Viking Period



The Vikings at War



From Charlemagne to the Normans



The Age of Chivalry



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


Appendix: Four Date-Charts


Bibliography


Index