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Arms and Armour in the Middle Ages Resources related to various weapons and equipment used in medieval warfare |
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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 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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