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Product details:
- Publisher Boydell Press
- Date of Publication 4 March 2025
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781837652525
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 240x170 mm
- Weight 596 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 49 colour and 3 b/w illus. 692
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Short description:
Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them.
MoreLong description:
Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them.
"A substantial and impressive piece of scholarship, one that will serve scholars and enthusiasts of medieval arms and armour very well indeed". Dr Robert W. Jones, Franklin and Marshall College
Medieval arms and armour are intrinsically fascinating. From the smoke and noise of the armourer's forge to the bloody violence of the battlefield or the silken panoply of the tournament, weapons and armour - and those who made and bore them - are woven into the fabric of medieval society. This sourcebook will aid anyone who seeks to develop a deeper understanding by introducing and presenting the primary sources in which these artefacts are first mentioned. Over a hundred original documents are transcribed and translated, including wills and inventories, craft statutes, chronicle accounts and challenges to single combat. The book also includes an extensive glossary, lavishly illustrated with fifty-two images of extant armour and weapons from the period and contemporary artistic depictions from illuminated manuscripts and other sources. This book will therefore be of interest to a wide audience, from the living history practitioner, crafter and martial artist, to students of literature, military history, art and material culture.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Using the Sourcebook
English Pronunciation
Towards a Working Vocabulary
Part I. Introduction to the Source-Types
1. Textual Source-Types
Note on Transcription and Translation
Types of Documents
Official Documents
Prose Sources
List of Documents
2. Material Source-Types
Armour and Weapons
Artwork
Part II. The Documents
Part III. Illustrated Glossary
Bibliography
Index
