The Medieval Fighting Man - Europa Militaria Special No. 18 Costume and Equipment 800 - 1500
The Medieval Fighting Man - Europa Militaria Special No. 18 Costume and Equipment 800 - 1500
- ISBN 13:
9781785000096
- ISBN 10:
1785000098
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/14/2015
- Publisher: The Crowood Press UK
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Summary
In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service, even to the point of leading them on Crusades to the Holy Land and elsewhere. In the later medieval period the growing cities required their citizens to take up arms as militia in defence of the community during times of external threat.
Here meticulous use is made of the sources available to enable the materials, colours and patterns used for reconstructed clothing to represent the 'real thing' as accurately as possible. Fortunately, great numbers of medieval weapons and pieces of armour survived and can now be viewed in displays, and these form the basis of the arms presented in this book.