| | | PAGE |
| Preface | | [v] |
| [SECTION I.—DEFENSIVE ARMOUR.] |
| PART |
| I. | Introductory and General | [15] |
| II. | Chain-mail and Mixed Armour | [20] |
| III. | The Transition Period | [37] |
| IV. | Helms up to the End of the Transition Period | [44] |
| V. | Plate Armour | [48] |
| VI. | A Slight Sketch of some of the more important Collections Abroad | [71] |
| VII. | The Tournament | [76] |
| VIII. | Details of Defensive Plate Armour | [96] |
| IX. | “Gothic” Armour, 1440–1500; and some Armour-smiths of the Period | [114] |
| X. | “Maximilian” Armour, 1500–1540 | [125] |
| XI. | Armour with Lamboys or Bases | [130] |
| XII. | Some Armour-smiths of the first half of the Sixteenth Century | [132] |
| XIII. | Defensive Armour, 1540–1620, and to the End | [134] |
| XIV. | Enriched Armour | [139] |
| [SECTION II.—THE WEAPONS AND ENGINES OF WAR.] |
| XV. | Introductory and General | [151] |
| XVI. | The Sword | [158] |
| XVII. | The Dagger | [175] |
| XVIII. | The Longbow | [178] |
| XIX. | The Crossbow | [183] |
| XX. | Machines for hurling or shooting Missiles, and the Warwolf | [187] |
| XXI. | Machines for attacking Beleaguered Places | [190] |
| XXII. | The Sling and Fustibal | [192] |
| XXIII. | Staff and Club Weapons | [193] |
| XXIV. | Early Artillery | [204] |
| XXV. | Early Hand-guns | [216] |
| | Index | [229] |