The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a fa

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 enorm

This lavishly illustrated volume details the armies of western and central European states and their client kingdoms in the Middle East in over three centuries

British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.