Armour Never Wearies Scale and Lamellar Armour in the West, from the Bronze Age to the 19th Century

by Timothy Dawson

This is the first volume to bring together all the hitherto scattered evidence--archaeological, literary, and artistic--for the forms and uses of scale and lamellar armors in the region west of the Urals throughout the two thousand years during which these armors were used. Lamellar armor differs from the earlier scale armor in not needing a backing for the individual pieces of leather, iron, or bronze. The interpretation of this meticulous collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752488627
• ISBN13: 9780752488622
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"