Your Guide's quick review of the visually appealing and handy reference covering medieval armor and weaponry.
A review of the visually appealing and handy reference covering medieval armor and weaponry, from your Guide.
From your About Guide, an introduction to that fabulous, flexible metal armor that the medieval knight couldn't live without -- literally -- in issue #7 of our series, Knight Life.
Photographs of helms, gauntlets, and full suits of plate armor, provided by David Heirtzler.
Browse through weapons or armor by type or use the alphabetical index to reach a page on each item explaining its origins and how it was used, accompanied by clear illustrations. Site created by "Galyden and Freth."
An extensive hyperlinked glossary of arms and armor terms at the Chronique library.
Extensive article at the Oriflamme website includes a timeline of advances in gunpowder use and nicely illustrated examinations of artillery items.
Hint: Wait for the page to load before using the hyperlinked directory.
Most of the 50 highlights from the museum's collection are from the medieval era. View them in thumbnails all on one page, ten at a time in a text-only or graphic-enhanced list, or one at a time for more in-depth information.
Included with Cariadoc's look at the pros and cons of minimum weight requirements in the SCA are statistics drawn from surviving medieval equipment.
Large collection of armor and weapon images from medieval Europe and Asia.
An examination of the weapons used and the protective garments worn by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, by Guy Wilson at
British Heritage Magazine, online at TheHistoryNet.
