Take an engaging journey back in time, when battles were fought with swords, lances, maces, and an array of well-crafted devices that could be elegant and ornate, brutal and efficient, or both. This accessible, lively, and informative book explores many facets of the medieval world of weaponry. Did you know, for instance, that in the fifteenth century ""fight books"" with drawings guided knights in the proper use of weapons? That the average medieval warrior became a full-fledged fighter by the time he was fifteen years old? Or that armor made by a master could, by modern standards, cost the price of a Rolls Royce?
Название: A Knight and His Weapons
Издательство: Dufour Editions
Год издания: 1997
Автор: Ewart Oakeshott
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 138 pages
Язык: English
Размер: 42 MB
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