A Knight and His Armor

ISBN-13: 9780802313294 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 128 str.

Ewart Oakeshott; R. Ewart Oakeshott; Ewart Oakeshott

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Now back in print and in paperback, this is another in the famous Knight series by the renowned medieval historian Ewart Oakeshott. Explore another fascinating dimension of medieval warfare in this engaging account of knights and their various kinds of armor.

Oakeshott focuses on the armor of the later Middle Ages, from 1100 to 1500, He examines how armor developed, how craftsmen made the important garments of mail and plate, and he looks in detail at the different kinds of helmets and which were the best. He also looks at the other important aspects of a knight's armor, such as the helm, shield, and spurs, and finishes up with a discussion of how the armor was worn. Along the way he dispels a number of myths about medieval armor, such as the one that the armor was extremely heavy ("men never had to be hoisted into their saddles with cranes").