Arms and Armour in the Middle Ages

Resources related to various weapons and equipment used in medieval warfare

Primary Sources

Description of English soldiers in Italy by Filippo Villani

The Skill of Archery from a 14th century Mamluk-Kipchak Military Treatise

Ars Gladitoria: A Fighting Treatise from the 15th century, by Fillipo Vadi - from Chronique: Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library

A Description of English soldiers during the Wars of the Roses  

Secondary Sources

Al-Hassan, Amhad Y., Gunpowder Composition for Rockets and Cannon in Arabic Military Treatises In Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Beatson, Peter, A Warrior with a 'Danish Axe' in a Byzantine Ivory Panel - from Golden Horn: Journal of Byzantium v.8 (2000)

Bilkadi, Zayn, The Oil Weapons: Ancient Oil Industries - from Aramco World (1995) 

Clements, John, The Sword and Buckler Tradition - from ARMA: Association for Renaissance Martial Arts - added March 29, 2004

Clements, John, History of the Medieval Pell - from ARMA: Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

Clements, John, What did Historical Swords Weigh? - from ARMA: Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

Coupland, Simon, Carolingian Arms and Armour in the Ninth Century - from Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies v.21 (1990)

Dawson, Timothy, Kremasmata, Kabadion, Klibanion: Some aspects of middle Byzantine military equipment reconsidered - from Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies n. 22 (1998)

Ekdahl, Sven, Horses and Crossbows: Two Important Warfare Advantages of the Teutonic Order in Prussia - from The Military Orders, Volume 2: Welfare and Warfare (1998)

Gillmor, Carroll, Practical Chivalry: The Training of Horses for Tournaments and Warfare - from Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History v.13 (1992)

Guilmartin, John F., The Weapons of Sixteenth Century Warfare at Sea - from chapter 4 of Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century (1974)

Halpin, Andrew, Military Archery in Medieval Ireland: Archaeology and History - from Military Studies in Medieval Europe - Papers of the 'Medieval Europe Brugge 1997' Conference - volume 11 (1997) (PDF file)

Jones, Lee A., The Serpent in the Sword: Pattern-welding in Early Medieval Swords - from The Mediaeval Sword Resource Site

Peterson, Jan, The Norwegian Viking Swords - from The Mediaeval Sword Resource Site

Storey, Randall, The Tower of London and the garderobae armorum - from Royal Armouries Yearbook v.3 (1998)

Storey, Randall, Technology and Military Policy in Medieval England, c.1250-1350 - PhD dissertation, University of Reading (2003)

Vingo, Paolo de, Personal Equipment and Fighting Techniques Among the Anglo-Saxon Population in Northern Europe During the Early Middle Ages - from The Heroic Age i.6 (2003) 

Walton, Steven, The art of gunnery in Renaissance England - University of Toronto, PhD dissertation (1998)

Zygluski, Zdzislaw, Knightly Arms - Plebian Arms - from Quaestiones medii aevi novae v.4 (1999)

Links

http://netsword.com/ - NetSword: The Internet Sword and Medieval Weapons Discussion Group

http://www.thearma.org/ - ARMA: Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

http://www.stmartinsacademy.com/ - St. Martin's Academy of Medieval Arms

http://www.ahfi.org/capoferro.htm - The Capo Ferro Translation Project 

http://www.aemma.org/ - Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts

 

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