The primary focus of this book is on the arms and armour of Europe,
but also included are neighbouring cultures where these had a
direct influence on developments and changes within Europe, from
late Roman cavalry armour, Byzantium and the East, to the influence
of the Golden Horde. A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour covers
the entire period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, a
thousand years which saw huge changes in military technology in
most of the world's major civilisations. Arms and armour in Europe
are the principal focus of the studies, but those of neighbouring
civilisations, including the Byzantine Empire, eastern Europe, the
steppes and the Islamic world, are also investigated, both for the
impact upon them of European technological developments, and for
their influence upon developments within western Europe. Arms and
armour in Europe developed dramatically during the thousand years
from the fifth to the fifteenth century. During this broad sweep of
time civilisations rose and fell and population movements swept
from east to west, bringing in their wake advances and
modifications absorbed and expanded by indigenous populations. So
although the primary focus of this book is on the arms and armour
of Europe, it also includes neighbouring cultures where these had a
direct influence on developments and changes within Europe, from
late Roman cavalry armour, Byzantium and the Eastto the influence
of the Golden Horde. A truly impressive band of specialists cover
issues ranging from the migrations to the first firearms, divided
into three sections: From the Fall of Rome to the Eleventh Century,
Emergence ofA European Tradition in the High Middle Ages, and New
Influences and New Challenges of the Late Middle Ages; throughout
there is particular emphasis on the social and technological
aspects of medieval military affairs. Contributors: ANDREA BABUIN,
JON COULSTON, TIM DAWSON, CLAUDE GAIER, MICHAEL GORELIK, JOHN
HALDON, MARCO MORIN, HELMUT NICKEL, DAVID NICOLLE, EWART OAKESHOTT,
ANNE PEDERSON, SHIHAB AL-SARRAF, ALAN WILLIAMS.
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