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ARCHAEOLOGY OF WEAPONS
Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chilvalry with over 265 illustrations, privately in 1996. R. EWART OAKESHOTT
Premodern weapons of war
receive a tremendously detaild and thorough
accounting in this volume-the work of a noted
authority
on medieval arms in Europe, Covering a period of 30
centturies, the study, like a richly
woven taperstry, vividly describes the development of
arms and armor-beginning with the weapons of the
prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages, through
the breakup of the Roman Empire and the great
folk-migrations of the period; the age of the Vikings;
and finally, the Age of Chivalry.
Relying on evidence of arms found in bogs, tombs,
rivers, excavations and other sites, as well as on
contemporary art and literature, the author describes
in detail an
awesome array of the weapons and accountrments of war: swords, shields, spears, helmets, daggars, longbows, crossbows, axes, chainmail, plate armor, gauntlets and much else.
Profusely illustrated with more than 170 of the
author's own line drawings and 23 plates depicting
many rare and beautiful weapons, this meticulously
researched volume will be an indispensable resource
for military historians, archaeologists,
students of arms and armor, and anyone interested in
the weaponry of old.
Introduction. Appendiz: Four Dat Charts.
Bibliography. Index. 179 figures. 62 halftones on 23
plates. 384pp. 5 3/8 x 8 1/2.
ID-Code:index11
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