The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Period

by Alan Williams and Alan Williams

The suit of armour distinguishes the European Middle Ages & Renaissance from all other periods and cultures. Unlike flexible defences, popular everywhere else in the world, the rigid, articulated, exoskeleton of a "suit of armour" was a more extravagant and less adaptable means of personal protection. It required greater metallurgical resources to make, but offered far better protection against available weapons. This book tells the story from its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004124985
• ISBN13: 9789004124981
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 968 Pages
• Weight: 7.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 12.0" x 8.5"