British and Foreign Arms & Armour

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	WEAPONS OF PREHISTORIC MAN	1
II.	THE ASSYRIANS	20
III.	THE ROMANS	36
IV.	SAXONS AND DANES	47
V.	THE NORMAN PERIOD TO 1180	65
VI.	THE CHAIN MAIL PERIOD, 1180-1250	81
VII.	CHAIN MAIL REINFORCED, 1250-1325	97
VIII.	THE CYCLAS PERIOD, 1325-1335	139
IX.	THE STUDDED AND SPLINTED ARMOUR PERIOD, 1335-1360	146
X.	THE CAMAIL AND JUPON PERIOD, 1360-1410	166
XI.	THE SURCOATLESS PERIOD, 1410-1430	194
XII.	THE TABARD PERIOD, 1430-1500	213
XIII.	THE TRANSITION PERIOD, 1500-1525	265
XIV.	MAXIMILIAN ARMOUR, 1525-1600	275
XV.	THE HALF-ARMOUR PERIOD AFTER 1600	313
XVI.	WEAPONS OF THE EARLY AND MIDDLE AGES	320
XVII.	PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES	340
XVIII.	GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND OTHER INFLUENCES UPON EUROPEAN ARMOUR	349
XIX.	THE INTRODUCTION OF GUNPOWDER AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON ARMOUR	360

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