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Author : Thom Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Armor
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112810440
This book is a guide to the armours and weapons of Henry VIII in the Royal Armouries collection, together with pieces from other collections in Britain and abroad.
Author : Maria Hayward,Director Information and Extension Services Division Philip Ward,Philip Ward
Publisher : Harvey Miller
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1905375433
The Inventory is not only a catalogue of magnificence but also a key text for evaluating the successes and failures of the Tudor monarchy. Henry VIII had extravagant ideas of image and authority and loved his possessions, amongst which were over 2,000 pieces of tapestry, 2,028 items of gold and silver plate and 41 growns. Although he left the country with heavy debts and an empty exchequer, he was far from bankrupting the monarchy as some scholars have suggested. Indeed the Inventory allows us to calculate that at the time of his death the contents of his palaces and wardrobes were worth about 300,000GBP and the military and naval stores a further 300,000GBP. Most of what the King owned has unfortunately since disappeared. Yet the Inventory tells us what once existed, enables us to identify surviving objects as well as what once belonged to him. The transcription of the inventory is accompanied by a historical introduction, a glossary of technical terms, and an exhaustive Index which is a major tool of scholarship in its own right.
Author : Historic Royal Palaces (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015084098758
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the English throne, an international exhibition, 'Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill', was held at the Tower of London in partnership between the Royal Armouries and Historic Royal Palaces. Published to coincide with the launch of the exhibition, this definitive publication illustrates and records over 90 Henrician treasures drawn from the Royal Armouries' own collections and from museums and institutions worldwide. Leading historians and specialists in arms and armour have contributed major essays on subjects which encompass the wide-ranging aspects of Henry's reign from war and politics to dress and dining.
Author : Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman,Ian Eaves
Publisher : Royal Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Armor
ISBN : 190568648X
Volume 1: European Armour is the first catalog to offer a comprehensive inventory of this substantial and historically significant collection in more than one hundred years. Among the highlights of the collection are imposing sets of Greenwich armor created in the sixteenth century for Henry VIII and Sir Christopher Hatton; an exceptionally beautiful set of armor created in the early seventeenth century for Henry, Prince of Wales; and an ornate field garniture belonging to Julius, Duke of Brunswick, a fine example of armor in the continental style. In addition to fresh research, the book features more than five hundred new photographs that provide clear front, back, and side views, as well as close-ups of ornamentation, maker's marks, and other features for the most important pieces. The book also includes full resources for further study, including two essays giving a broad overview of the history of the collection; specially commissioned reconstruction drawings of important Greenwich garnitures, including lost pieces; a glossary of important terms; and an index, appendix, and bibliography.
Author : Charles Henry Ashdown
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547039099
This work provides an interesting study on British Arms and Armour. This incredible report was written in an attempt to educate and interest general readers, students, artists, or antiquarians. The author explains this intriguing subject in detail, from the weapons of prehistoric times to the introduction of gunpowder. He structures the work skillfully with accurate information to add to people's knowledge. He interests the readers with unknown facts from the history of England concerning arms and armor. It's a must-read for history enthusiasts. Table of contents: Weapons of Prehistoric Man The Assyrians The Romans Saxons and Danes The Norman Period to 1180 The Chain Mail Period, 1180-1250 Chain Mail Reinforced, 1250-1325 The Cyclas Period, 1325-1335 The Studded and Splinted Armour Period, 1335-1360 The Camail and Jupon Period, 1360-1410 The Surcoatless Period, 1410-1430 The Tabard Period, 1430-1500 The Transition Period, 1500-1525 Maximilian Armour, 1525-1600 The Half-Armour Period After 1600 Weapons of the Early and Middle Ages Projectile-throwing Engines German, Italian, and Other Influences Upon European Armour The Introduction of Gunpowder and Its Influence Upon Armour
Author : Alan Williams,Keith Dowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1909492825
This volume brings together papers written by curators, conservators and scientists who have worked very closely with European and Oriental arms and armour from some of the world's finest collections. The pieces, which have been examined in detail, include not only those made for royalty, such as the helmet of the Black Prince, the armours of King Henry VIII and the jewel-encrusted dagger of Shah Jahan, but also the apparently more mundane and those created to deceive. Through careful study and hands-on experience, each of the authors provides an eye-opening insight into the history, science and interpretation of these important objects.The essays in this title were written in honour of David Edge.Published by Archetype Publications Ltd in association with the Arms and Armour Society
Author : Robert C. Woosnam-Savage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Armor, Medieval
ISBN : 0948092777
The idea of late medieval arms and armour often conjures up images of lumbering warriors, clad in heavy plate armour, hacking away at with each other with enormous weapons - depictions perpetuated in both bad literature and bad movies. In this introductory guide, replete with fabulous photography and marvellous anecdotes, internationally-renowned edged weapons expert Robert Woosnam-Savage describes the brutal reality of personal protection and attack in the so-called 'age of chivalry'. From Bannockburn to Bosworth, Poitiers to Pavia, this book is an indispensable introduction to an iconic era.
Author : Thom Richardson
Publisher : Arms and Armour Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Armor
ISBN : 0948092734
The Elizabethan court was a vibrant and colourful place, where the inherited traditions and technological skill that had characterised the Middle Ages came face to face with the decorative techniques of the Renaissance. This book shows how the arms and armour in the collections of the Royal Armouries can be studied to gain insight into this creative and dynamic period. This book is part of a series of introductions to aspects of the Royal Armouries' collection of arms and armour. Written by specialists in the field, they are packed full of fascinating information and stunning photography.
Author : Keith Dowen
Publisher : Arms and Armour Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Armor
ISBN : 0948092904
The English Civil Wars was the greatest political upheaval in the British Isles in six hundred years. Raging across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the conflict tore families and friendships apart, and led directly to the execution of King Charles I in 1649. Keith Dowen tells the absorbing story of the arms and armour of the civil wars.
Author : Tobias Capwell
Publisher : Royal Armouries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0948092831
Jousting is the most iconic form of mounted combat. For more than five hundred years, the sport itself, and the chivalric culture that surrounded it, took on almost mythical qualities. Here, Tobias Capwell explains the glitz and glamour of a sport that attracted enormous popular audiences throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Though he deals almost exclusively with weapons and warriors, Capwell tells a story not of war and destruction, but of pageantry and valor. This is the story of the armor of peace.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000035134
Author : Thom Richardson
Publisher : Royal Armouries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0948092718
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Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0851158021
'Agincourt! Agincourt! Know ye not Agincourt?' So began a ballad of around 1600. Since the event itself (25 October 1415), Agincourt has occupied a special place in both English and French consciousness. Some early French writers could not bring themselves to mention it by name, using instead descriptions such as 'the accursed day'. For the English, it was one of the greatest military successes ever, and thus was celebrated and commemorated in many forms over the centuries which followed. In the First World War, there were stories of angelic Agincourt bowmen giving support and inspiration to the British army. Much ink has been spilt on the battle but do we really know Agincourt? Many historical works have relied on one or two well known sources or even on Shakespeare. Not since Harris Nicolas's History of the Battle of Agincourt was published (1827-33) has there been a full attempt to survey the sources. This book brings together, in translation and with commentary, English and French narrative accounts and literary works of the fifteenth century. It also traces the treatment of the battle in sixteenth -century English histories and in the literary output of, amongst others, Shakespeare and Drayton. After examining how later historians interpreted the battle, it concludes with the first full assessment of the extremely rich administrative records which survive for the armies which fought 'upon Saint Crispin's day'.
Author : Thom Richardson,Natasha Bennett
Publisher : Arms and Armour Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Armor
ISBN : 0948092742
India is a vast sub-continent with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and religions. This book serves as a short introduction to the exquisite weapons used in the region, focusing on the Royal Armouries' collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Beautiful photography is interwoven with remarkable historical and cultural detail about archery, swords, shields, daggers, firearms, artillery and elephant armour.
Author : Tobias Capwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0948092998
The Renaissance is best known as an age of artists - Michelangelo, da Vinci, Titian and Holbein - but it is also the age of the noble patrons who challenged their painters and sculptors to create great art. These patrons were knights, military leaders and jousters. They played a central role in the story of another great Renaissance story, that of the armourer. 0Here, Tobias Capwell continues his history of jousting seen through surviving artefacts in the collection of the Royal Armouries. He reveals how the jousts and tournaments of the Renaissance transported knightly combat into a kind of performance art, with demonstrations of aristocratic skill and nerve, of superhuman strength and superlative horsemanship - and of cutting-edge equipment.