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Weapon
Author | : DK |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2006-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0756642191 |
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor is an epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armor, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Weapon includes all the important arms from the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms from ancient Egyptian axes, through bows and spears of traditional societies in Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, and the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used are revealed.
An Introduction to Indian Arms and Armour
Author | : Hugh Pearce Pearson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Armor |
ISBN | : 9780948092572 |
India is a vast sub-continent, with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and religions. This short introduction to one aspect of that great culture is intended merely as an appetiser, and is by no means intended as the last word on any aspect of Indian arms and armour. By 'India' I mean the whole Indian sub-continent rather than any political term. The history which forms a background to the story of Indian arms and armour saw empires rise and fall, but the remarkable constancy in the exquisite weapons used by their defenders and opponents marks Indian arms and armour out as something beyond mere statehood. was the catalyst to all sorts of studies of Indian culture and it is no accident that much of the pioneering work on Indian arms and armour was carried out by English scholars. The most notable of these, and the author of the first serious study of Indian armour and arms, was William Egerton, Lord Egerton of Tatton in Cheshire, whose catalogue of the collection of the Indian Museum in London (a collection now absorbed into the Victoria and Albert Museum) appeared in 1880. Yet despite a few important works in the 20th century, such as Philip Rawson's The Indian Sword and Russell Robinson's Oriental Armour, and new works such as Robert Elgood's Hindu Arms and Ritual in The 21st Century, the scientific study of Indian arms and armour has not advanced to the level, say, of Japanese arms and armour. armour in the Royal Armouries. Almost all the holdings are concentrated in the period from the formation of the Mughal empire in the 16th century to the end of the 19th century when western firearms technology had been widely adopted, and it is hoped that this small publication will help in making an important western collection of Indian armour and arms accessible.
Catalogue of the interesting collection of arms and armour formed by the late Dacre Kenrick Edwards, Esq. ... also important firearms and armour, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, Mrs. T.S. Lucas, S.E. Lucas, Esq. and others
Author | : Christie, Manson & Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Armor |
ISBN | : |
Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum
Author | : J. P. Puype |
Publisher | : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V. |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9059724135 |
This highly illustrated volume draws on the collection of the Royal Army Museum in Delft, the biggest and most important collection of medieval and renaissance arms and armor in the Netherlands, to offer a detailed account of the weapons and armor of fighting men of the period. Full of color images of the weapons and armor in the collection, and rich in detailed description, the book presents a unique picture of the outfitting of knights and soldiers in medieval and renaissance warfare.
Catalogue of Important Arms & Armour
Author | : Christie, Manson & Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Armor |
ISBN | : |
The Archaeology of Weapons
Author | : R. Ewart Oakeshott |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780486292885 |
British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
Armour & Weapons
Author | : Charles John Ffoulkes |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2021-04-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
There are seven chapters in this book which tell in detail the development and then decline of metal armour from simple chain mail to complex and intricate pieces of metalwork and craftsmanship. Armour for both men and horses is described, as are also the weapons commonly used during those times.