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European Mail Armour : Ringed Battle Shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages / Martijn A. Wijnhoven.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Amsterdam Archaeological StudiesPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (520 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789048554294
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.14094
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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