Foreword by Claude Blair
Acknowledgements
SECTION ONE IRON
1.1 The earliest ironmaking
1.2 Swords
1.3 Hardening of steel
SECTION TWO MAIL
2.1 Mail
2.2 Armour of the later Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages
SECTION THREE KNIGHTS
3.1 The birth of the knight
3.2 Infantry and crossbows
SECTION FOUR ITALY
4.1 The triumph of an industry
4.2 The flourishing of an industry - The Metallurgy of Italian armour
4.3 The metallurgy of Italian armour before 1510
4.4 The eclipse of an industry - Italian armour after 1510
4.5 The metallurgy of Italian armour after 1510
SECTION FIVE GERMANY
5.1 "German" armour up to 1450
5.2 The metallurgy of "German" armour up to 1450
5.3 Augsburg armour
5.4 The metallurgy of Augsburg armour from the later 15th century onwards
5.5 Innsbruck armour
5.6 The metallurgy of Innsbruck armour
5.7 Landshut armour
5.8 The metallurgy of Landshut armour
5.9 Nurnberg armour
5.10 The metallurgy of Nurnberg armour
5.11 The metallurgy of Nurnberg tournament armours of the late 15th century
SECTION SIX THE REST OF EUROPE
6.1 Miscellaneous "German" armour
6.2 Flanders
6.3 The metallurgy of Flemish armour
6.4 England
6.5 The metallurgy of armour (presumed to have been) made in England
6.6 Spain
6.7 France
6.8 Sweden
6.9 North Germany and The Netherlands
SECTION SEVEN GUNS
7.1 The invention of guns
7.2 The earliest guns in Europe
7.3 Guns in 15th century warfare
7.4 Handguns in the 16th century
SECTION EIGHT PRODUCTION
8.1 Furnaces and blooms
8.2 Hardening armour
8.3 The mass-production of armour
SECTION NINE PROTECTION
9.1 Thickness of armour
9.2 Attack on armour
9.3 Effectiveness of armour according to contemporary evidence
9.4 Estimating the effectiveness of armour
9.5 Conclusion - Did it work?
Index
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