British and Foreign Arms & Armour
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Despite it being referred to, there is no illustration ‘Plate XLI’ in this book.
COMPANION VOLUME
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY
BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES Of LINCOLN’S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW
EDITOR OF “ARMORIAL FAMILIES”; AUTHOR OF “THE ART OF HERALDRY,” ETC.
Illustrated by 9 Plates in Colour and nearly 800 other Designs, mainly from Drawings by
GRAHAM JOHNSTON HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT
In One Volume. Containing over 600 pages. Large square 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 10s. 6d. net
Sir Richard Vernon, 1452. Tong Church, Shropshire
Frontispiece
Charles Henry Ashdown
---
BRITISH AND FOREIGN ARMS AND ARMOUR
WEAPONS OF PREHISTORIC MAN
THE ASSYRIANS
THE EGYPTIANS
THE GREEKS
THE ETRUSCANS
THE ROMANS
THE FRANKS
SAXONS AND DANES
THE NORMAN PERIOD TO 1180
THE CHAIN MAIL PERIOD, 1180-1250
CHAIN MAIL REINFORCED, 1250-1325
THE CYCLAS PERIOD, 1325-1335
THE STUDDED AND SPLINTED ARMOUR PERIOD, 1335-1360
THE CAMAIL AND JUPON PERIOD, 1360-1410
THE SURCOATLESS PERIOD, 1410-1430
THE TABARD PERIOD, 1430-1500
THE TRANSITION PERIOD, 1500-1552
MAXIMILIAN ARMOUR, 1525-1600
THE HALF-ARMOUR PERIOD AFTER 1600
WEAPONS OF THE EARLY AND MIDDLE AGES
PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES
GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND OTHER INFLUENCES UPON EUROPEAN ARMOUR
THE INTRODUCTION OF GUNPOWDER AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON ARMOUR
FOOTNOTES
