TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wijnhoven,Martijn A.
TI  - European Mail Armour: Ringed Battle Shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages 
T2  - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
SN  - 9789048554294
U1  - 355.14094 
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - Armies
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Europe
KW  - Military uniforms
KW  - Antiquity
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Art and Material Culture
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - Medieval Studies
KW  - ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Military
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - multi-dimensional approach to material culture, development and transition of technology military equipment long-term: Iron Age - Roman period - Middle Ages
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048554294?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048554294
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048554294/original
ER  -