Medieval Military Costume: Europa Militaria Special No. 8 (Europa Militaria Special, 8)

Reenactors wearing carefully created costumes, photographed in authentic settings, provide a snapshot of spear men, archers, crossbow men, gunners, and knights from the period 1300-1500. Detailed photographs are supported by artwork showing scores of original images from period paintings, carvings and manuscript illustrations revealing what it was like to live, work, and fight during the Middle Ages. Europa Militaria Special No. 8. Over recent years the popular approach to medieval history has shifted from the political to the social; and the physical recreation of medieval men and women and their environment by 'living history' groups has prompted a more detailed study of costumes, material culture and ways of life. Many have found accessible sources of information contradictory and confusing, and - given the random and fragmentary survival and publication of documents and a few precious artefacts - this is hardly This text contains photographs of spearmen, archers, crossbowmen, gunners and knights, mainly from the period 1300 to 1500. With detailed recreations of costumes being worn in authentic settings, the book gives a snapshot of what it was like to live, work and fight in the middle ages. 20 års studier af europæiske landes kildeskrifter , malerier og stik er resulteret i denne højt kvalificerede fotomontage af den middelalderlige europæiske soldats personlige påklædning/uniform og udrustning - samme for dennes ægtefælle