The Archaeology Of Weapons
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The Archaeology of Weapons
Author | : R. Ewart Oakeshott |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486292886 |
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British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
European Weapons and Armour
Author | : Ewart Oakeshott |
Publsiher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843837206 |
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The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry
Author | : Ewart Oakeshott |
Publsiher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0851157157 |
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The Resplendent image of the medieval knight is concentrated in the symbolism of his sword. The straight, two-edged, cross-hilted knightly sword of the European middle ages was an object of vital importance, a lethal weapon on the battlefield and a badge of chivalry in that complex social code. Ewart Oakeshott draws on his extensive research and expert eye (and hand, for he has a special sense for the feel of a sword) to develop a typology for and recount the history of the sword, from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword - that is, roughly from 1050 to 1550. Within this time-span, two distinct groups of swords successively evolved. Problems of dating are acute, and evidence is adduced from literature and art as well as from archaeology, for a sword (or some parts of a sword) could have been in use several generations after it first saw battle. To deal with such overlap, Ewart Oakeshott develops, refines and illustrates a detailed typology of swords which takes in entire swords, pommel-forms, cross-guards, and the grip and scabbard.
A History of Weapons
Author | : John O'Bryan |
Publsiher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2013-04-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781452110547 |
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Discover the truth about strange and ancient weapons like the atlatl, the sarissa, the urumi and the maka pahoa ko'oko'o in this fascinating history of weapons.
The Archaeology of Weapons
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Author | : R. Ewart Oakeshott |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1114519167 |
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Weapons and Warfare in Ancient Times
Author | : Richard L. Currier,Rivka Gonen |
Publsiher | : Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 082250832X |
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Traces the development of military tactics and such items as swords, spears, long-range weapons, artillery, and body coverings from prehistory to Roman times.
Archaeology of the Military Orders
Author | : Adrian Boas |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134422845 |
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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe
Author | : A. F. Harding |
Publsiher | : Archaeolingua |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Bronze age |
ISBN | : 9638046864 |
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The Bronze Age of Europe was a time of major changes in society, economy and technology. One of these was the emergence of a warrior class, equipped with a new set of artefacts that can for the first time be called weapons. This book discusses the evidence for the existence of these warriors, and the stages by which they emerged from the Neolithic and Copper Ages, when farming was the main means of subsistence but hunting was also a prestige activity. From beginnings when dagger graves were the norm, in the Early Bronze Age, to the appearance of lavishly equipped sword graves, complete with armour and items for personal adornment, in the Late Bronze Age, the book charts the rise of warrior elites in Europe over the period ca 2500 to 700 BC, drawing on the specific evidence of weapon distributions and deposition contexts. It considers the rise of fortified hilltop sites, and the evidence for territorial organisation based on them. The emergence of warrior bands, with a fighting mode based on inter-group raiding, is seen as a major component of aggression in the later stages of the Bronze Age. This is coupled with a consideration of what such aggression should be called (whether warfare or something else), and how to identify it from the evidence of prehistoric archaeology.