CHAPTER I WEAPONS OF PREHISTORIC MAN THE STONE AGE CHAPTER V THE NORMAN PERIOD TO 1180 CHAPTER VI THE CHAIN MAIL PERIOD, 1180-1250 CHAPTER VII CHAIN MAIL REINFORCED, 1250-1325 CHAPTER VIII THE CYCLAS PERIOD, 1325-1335 CHAPTER IX THE STUDDED AND SPLINTED ARMOUR PERIOD, 1335-1360 CHAPTER X THE CAMAIL AND JUPON PERIOD, 1360-1410 CHAPTER XI THE SURCOATLESS PERIOD, 1410-1430 CHAPTER XII THE TABARD PERIOD, 1430-1500 CHAPTER XIII THE TRANSITION PERIOD, 1500-1552 CHAPTER XIV MAXIMILIAN ARMOUR, 1525-1600 CHAPTER XV THE HALF-ARMOUR PERIOD AFTER 1600 CHAPTER XVI WEAPONS OF THE EARLY AND MIDDLE AGES CHAPTER XVII PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES CHAPTER XVIII GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND OTHER INFLUENCES UPON EUROPEAN ARMOUR CHAPTER XIX THE INTRODUCTION OF GUNPOWDER AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON ARMOUR TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Despite it being referred to, there is no illustration ‘Plate XLI’ in this book. COMPANION VOLUME A COMPLETE GUIDE BY EDITOR OF “ARMORIAL FAMILIES”; AUTHOR OF “THE Illustrated by 9 Plates in Colour and nearly 800 GRAHAM JOHNSTON In One Volume. Containing over 600 pages. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BY HON. SEC. ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY; ILLUSTRATED WITH 450 ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AND 42 PLATES LONDON TO THE PRESIDENT THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST. ALBANS, D.D. AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |