The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry (Dover Navy Historical past, Weapons, Armor)

Premodern weapons of warfare obtain a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting on this quantity — the work of a famous authority on medieval arms in Europe. Overlaying a interval of 30 centuries, the research, like a richly woven tapestry, vividly describes the event of arms and armor — starting with the weapons of the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages, by the breakup of the Roman Empire and the good folk-migrations of the interval; the age of the Vikings; and eventually, the Age of Chivalry.

Counting on proof of arms present in bogs, tombs, rivers, excavations, and different websites in addition to on modern artwork and literature, the writer describes intimately an superior array of the weapons and accoutrements of warfare: swords, shields, spears, helmets, daggers, longbows, crossbows, axes, chain mail, plate armor, gauntlets, and far else.

Profusely illustrated with greater than 170 of the writer’s personal line drawings and 23 plates depicting many uncommon and exquisite weapons, this meticulously researched quantity shall be an indispensable useful resource for navy historians, archaeologists, college students of arms and armor, and anybody within the weaponry of outdated.