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

Historians differ in their reckoning, but for the purposes of this book the period we call medieval is taken to run from 1000 AD until 1500. After a necessarily brief introduction to post-Norman Conquest subjects we try in these pages to reconstruct the appearance of the ordinary European soldiers during the last 300 years of that period, and (again briefly) that of the women who followed them to war. We look at the everyday dress of the warrior classes rather than high fashion, at the common soldier rather than the mounted knight, at armour of the less expensive kinds rather than the magnificent harness of the nobleman. It goes without saying that this vast subject deserves a much larger book than this. mmc_01......Page 1 mmc_02......Page 2 mmc_03......Page 3 mmc_04......Page 4 mmc_05......Page 5 mmc_06......Page 6 mmc_07......Page 7 mmc_08......Page 8 mmc_09......Page 9 mmc_10......Page 10 mmc_11......Page 11 mmc_12......Page 12 mmc_13......Page 13 mmc_14......Page 14 mmc_15......Page 15 mmc_16......Page 16 mmc_17......Page 17 mmc_18......Page 18 mmc_19......Page 19 mmc_20......Page 20 mmc_21......Page 21 mmc_22......Page 22 mmc_23......Page 23 mmc_24......Page 24 mmc_25......Page 25 mmc_26......Page 26 mmc_27......Page 27 mmc_28......Page 28 mmc_29......Page 29 mmc_30......Page 30 mmc_31......Page 31 mmc_32......Page 32 mmc_33......Page 33 mmc_34......Page 34 mmc_35......Page 35 mmc_36......Page 36 mmc_37......Page 37 mmc_38......Page 38 mmc_39......Page 39 mmc_40......Page 40 mmc_41......Page 41 mmc_42......Page 42 mmc_43......Page 43 mmc_44......Page 44 mmc_45......Page 45 mmc_46......Page 46 mmc_47......Page 47 mmc_48......Page 48 mmc_49......Page 49 mmc_50......Page 50 mmc_51......Page 51 mmc_52......Page 52 mmc_53......Page 53 mmc_54......Page 54 mmc_55......Page 55 mmc_56......Page 56 mmc_57......Page 57 mmc_58......Page 58 mmc_59......Page 59 mmc_60......Page 60 mmc_61......Page 61 mmc_62......Page 62 mmc_63......Page 63 mmc_64......Page 64 mmc_65......Page 65 mmc_66......Page 66 mmc_67......Page 67 mmc_68......Page 68 mmc_69......Page 69 mmc_70......Page 70 mmc_71......Page 71 mmc_72......Page 72 mmc_73......Page 73 mmc_74......Page 74 mmc_75......Page 75 mmc_76......Page 76 mmc_77......Page 77 mmc_78......Page 78 mmc_79......Page 79 mmc_80......Page 80 mmc_81......Page 81 mmc_82......Page 82 mmc_83......Page 83 mmc_84......Page 84 mmc_85......Page 85 mmc_86......Page 86 mmc_87......Page 87 mmc_88......Page 88 mmc_89......Page 89 mmc_90......Page 90 mmc_91......Page 91 mmc_92......Page 92 mmc_93......Page 93 mmc_94......Page 94 mmc_95......Page 95 mmc_96......Page 96 mmc_97......Page 97 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 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. 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