Meyrick's Medieval Knights and Armour (eBook)

Samuel Rush Meyrick (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
144 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14558-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Highlights from a magnificent three-volume survey of 9th- to 15th-century arms and armor feature 71 full-color and 7 black-and-white engravings in a panorama of paladins and their weapons.

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Captivated by military antiquities, English scholar Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783–1848) pursued a lifelong passion for studying and collecting medieval armory. The results of his work are a continual source of learning and fascination for weapons buffs and anyone interested in the medieval period. Brimming with over seventy full-color illuminated engravings from Meyrick's original 1842 survey of weaponry from the Middle Ages, here is a stunning historical showcase of European armor spanning the ninth to fifteenth centuries.From Richard the Lionheart in full battle regalia to the equipage of numerous anonymous knights, Meyrick presents a splendid panorama of medieval paladins and their weapons. Since earliest times, man has fashioned items for personal defense—shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, ornate suits of body armor for knights and their steeds, and much more. Meyrick's Medieval Knights and Armour chronicles the military regalia of the Middle Ages in all its forms, and when applicable, highlights its connection with mythology, religion, the arts, civil polity, and entertainment in ancient, as well as modern, times.

Inhalt

INTRODUCTIONBLACK-AND-WHITE PLATES Graeco Egyptian Arms and Armour Asiatic Arms and Armour Asiatic Arms and Armour Grecian Armour Etruscan Armour Roman Armour British, Saxon, and Danish ArmourCOLOR PLATES Battle of the Locks and Keys Norman Knight and Archers A Knight Performing Homage Alexander 1st, King of Scotland David, Earl of Huntingdon Richard Fitzhugh, Constable of Chester & Standard-Bearer of England Richard the First, King of England Alexander 2nd, King of Scotland A Knight Armed with a Martel William Longuespee, Earl of Salisbury A Spearman, Man at Arms, and a Slinger Archer and Cross Bowman Eudo de Arsic Peter, Earl of Richmond, and a Soldier Robert Rouse De Vere, Earl of Oxford A Knight of the Montford Family A Soldier and Knight The Attack of the Pel A King and His Mace-Bearer Archers and Crossbow Man Aylmer de Valente, Earl of Pembroke A Knight John De Eltham, Earl of Cornwall Sir John D’Aubernoun Sir Oliver de Ingham Sir Guy de Bryan, & Bernabo Visconti Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick Sir John Arsich A Knight of the Blanchfront Family Sir George Felbridge Richard de Vere, Earl of Oxford A Knight of the Birmingham Family Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, and a Knight Henry the Sixth, King of England Two Cross Bow Men Charles the Seventh, King of France, and Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans A Cross Bow Man and His Paviser Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick Sir John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope John, Duke of Somerset Sir Thomas Sherborne Duke of York Sir John Crosbie & A Serjeant at Arms A Suit of Armour Man at Arms with a Standard Sir Thomas Peyton Henry VIIth, King of England, and a Billman Maximilian 1st, Emperor of Germany Sir John Cheney Knight Armed a La Haute Barde A Knight Armed for the Bond A Knight and One of the King’s Guards Henry the Eighth, King of England Two Suits of Black Armour Two Suits of Armour A Suit of Genoese Armour Long Bellied Armour Two Suits of Armour Group of Soldiers Suit of Armour Federigo Oricono Embossed Armour An English Gentleman A Suit of Jousting Armour An Officer of Pikemen A Suit of Armour A Suit of Black Armour Officer and Pistolier Harquebussier and Pikeman A Suit of Cuirassier’s Armour

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14558-1 / 0486145581
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14558-7 / 9780486145587