The Defensive Armour and the Weapons and Engines of War of MediAEval Times, and of the "Renaissance."

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
Preface		v
SECTION I.—DEFENSIVE ARMOUR.
PART
I.	Introductory and General	15
II.	Chain-mail and Mixed Armour	20
III.	The Transition Period	37
IV.	Helms up to the End of the Transition Period	44
V.	Plate Armour	48
VI.	A Slight Sketch of some of the more important Collections Abroad	71
VII.	The Tournament	76
VIII.	Details of Defensive Plate Armour	96
IX.	“Gothic” Armour, 1440–1500; and some Armour-smiths of the Period	114
X.	“Maximilian” Armour, 1500–1540	125
XI.	Armour with Lamboys or Bases	130
XII.	Some Armour-smiths of the first half of the Sixteenth Century	132
XIII.	Defensive Armour, 1540–1620, and to the End	134
XIV.	Enriched Armour	139
SECTION II.—THE WEAPONS AND ENGINES OF WAR.
XV.	Introductory and General	151
XVI.	The Sword	158
XVII.	The Dagger	175
XVIII.	The Longbow	178
XIX.	The Crossbow	183
XX.	Machines for hurling or shooting Missiles, and the Warwolf	187
XXI.	Machines for attacking Beleaguered Places	190
XXII.	The Sling and Fustibal	192
XXIII.	Staff and Club Weapons	193
XXIV.	Early Artillery	204
XXV.	Early Hand-guns	216
	Index	229

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