European mail armour: ringed battle shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages

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Titel: European mail armour : ringed battle shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages

Enthält: Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 The origins of mail armour
3 Distribution and archaeological context
4 The iconography of early mail armour
5 The naming of mail armour
6 Decoration in mail garments
7 Padded garments
8 The craft of making mail rings
9 Weaving patterns
10 The construction of mail garments
11 Ring characteristics
12 Final considerations
Bibliography
Database
Appendix 1. Catalogue of mail armour
Appendix 2. Catalogue of hybrid armour
Appendix 3. Catalogue of isolated finds of fasteners and fixtures
Appendix 4. Finds excluded from the database

Beteiligte: Wijnhoven, Martijn A. [VerfasserIn]

Erschienen: Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 507 Seiten); Illustrationen, Tabellen, Karten

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9789048554294

ISBN: 9789048554294

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RVK-Notation: NK 7005 : Geschichte der Waffen, Rüstungen und Kriegstechniken, Wirtschaftskrieg

Schlagwörter: Rüstung > Kettenhemd > Panzer > Europa > Eisenzeit > Römerzeit > Bronzezeit > Mittelalter > Spätantike > Militär > Schlacht > Grabbeigabe > Vor- und Frühgeschichte > Archäologie

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Beschreibung: Mail armour (commonly mislabelled 'chainmail') was used for more than two millennia on the battlefield. After its invention in the Iron Age, mail rapidly spread all over Europe and beyond. The Roman army, keen on new military technology, soon adopted mail armour and used it successfully for centuries. Its history did not stop there and mail played a vital role in warfare during the Middle Ages up to the Early Modern Period. Given its long history, one would think mail is a well-documented material, but that is not the case. For the first time, this books lays a solid foundation for the understanding of mail armour and its context through time. It applies a long-term multi-dimensional approach to extract a wealth of as yet untapped information from archaeological, iconographic and written sources. This is complemented with technical insights on the mail maker’s chaîne opératoire

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