The knight and the blast furnace : a history of the metallurgy of armour in the Middle Ages & the early modern period
"This book tells the story from its invention in 14th-century Lombardy, which depended on the production of the necessary steel plates, until its eventual decline in the 17th century, principally because of developments in another area of military technology, the gun. The metallurgy of 600 armours has been analysed, and their probable effectiveness in battle has been assessed by means of mechanical tests."--Jacket
History of warfare, v. 12
History
xii, 954 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
9789004124981, 9004124985
231001532
Iron
Mail
Knights
Italy
Germany
The rest of Europe
Guns
Production
Protection