CONTENTS
[List of illustrations] viii [The earliest arms and armor] 1 [Chain mail] 5 [“Gothic” armor] 8 [“Maximilian” armor] 9 [Armor of the late xvi century: decorated armor] 10 [Late armor] 16 [Questions concerning armor] 18 [Middle Eastern armor] 20 [Arms: striking and cutting weapons] 22 [Lances and pole arms] 26 [Middle Eastern edged weapons] 28 [Projectile weapons: bows and crossbows] 30 [Projectile weapons: firearms] 32 [Bibliography] 43