The armourer and his craft from the 11th to the 16th century

The armourer and his craft from the 11th to the 16th century

The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth centuryI do not propose, in this...
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Author: Ffoulkes, Charles John,1868-1947
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The armourer and his craft from the 11th to the 16th century

The armourer and his craft from the 11th to the 16th century

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The armourer and his craft from the 11th to the 16th century

$3,904,373.63 $6.99
Author: Ffoulkes, Charles John,1868-1947
Format: eBook
Language: English

The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century

I do not propose, in this work, to consider the history or development of defensive armour, for this has been more or less fully discussed in works which deal with the subject from the historical side of the question. I have rather endeavoured to compile a work which will, in some measure, fill up a gap in the subject, by collecting all the records and references, especially in English documents, which relate to the actual making of armour and the regulations which controlled the Armourer and his Craft. At the same time it is impossible to discuss this branch of the subject without overlapping in some details the existing works on Arms and Armour, but such repetition has only been included because it bears directly on the making, selling, or wearing of armour. I have intentionally omitted all reference to the sword and other weapons of offence, for this would have unduly increased the size of the present work, and the subject is of such importance that it deserves a full consideration in a separate volume. The original limits of this work have been considerably enlarged since it was offered as a thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters in the University of Oxford in the Michaelmas Term, 1911. A polyglot glossary has been included, as this is a detail which has been practically overlooked by all English writers. The subject of Arms and Armour has not, up to the present time, received the attention in England that it deserves, but I would be the first to admit the value of the works of Meyrick and Hewitt, which are the foundations upon which German and French as well as all English authors have based their investigations. At the same time it should be remembered that these two authors were pioneers, and statements which they made have been contradicted or modified by more recent research. Two[x] examples of this will suffice. Meyrick named the upstanding neck-guards on the pauldron the passguards and the neck-armour of the horse the mainfaire. From the researches of Viscount Dillon we learn that the passguard was a reinforcing piece for the joust and the mainfaire was a gauntlet (main de fer.) Both these mistakes are still perpetuated in foreign works on the subject, which shows the influence of Meyricks work even at the present day. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60767
Author: Ffoulkes, Charles John
Release Date: Nov 23, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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