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The plays with the axe in armour of the Anonimo Bolognese (1510-1515)

Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2021
This contribution examines an anonymous text (Di Accia armato di tutt’arme ) addressing the handling of the axe for armoured combat, compiled in a two-volume anonymous manuscript collection of the beginning of the 16th c. This collection is of particular
Daniel Jaquet
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Body armour – New materials, new systems

Defence Technology, 2019
This is a very timely review of body armour materials and systems since new test standards are currently being written, or reviewed, and new, innovative products released.
Ian G. Crouch
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A sword, a suit of armour and a quiver to be presented to Nicholas II [PDF]

Историческое оружиеведение, 2020
The article deals with the objects from the collection of the Russian museum of ethnography, which were presented on behalf of Dalai Lama XIII to Nicholas II on the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
Elizaveta I. Neratova
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In Search of the Specificity of Transformation in the Crown Army during the Reign of the Last Jagiellonians

Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2020
In the classical theory of military revolution it is possible to list several distinctive features which, however, do not always correspond to the specificity of the armed forces and theatres of war other than Western-European ones. The transfigurations
Aleksander Bołdyrew
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On the Inventory of Boris Godunov’s Weapon Treasury. The year of 1588 [PDF]

Историческое оружиеведение, 2020
The inventory of boyard Boris Fyodorovitch Godunov’s treasury 1588, was published about one hundred fifty years ago. The part of the document with weapon descriptions is the oldest Russian inventory of the hand-held weapons, armour and other military ...
Aleksandr N. Chubinsky
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Terra incognita? Not only on the arms and armour production in the borderland of Silesia, Brandenburg, Greater Poland and Lusatia in the late Middle Ages

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 2020
During the Middle Ages arms and armour were considered luxury products. They were not used every day and not by everyone. Nonetheless, the circle of their buyers was relatively wide, making their prices extremely diversified.
Arkadiusz Michalak
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Influence of Polish Arms, Armour and Militaria on Western Europe

Gladius, 1980
Hasta antes del siglo XV, las armas y armamento de los caballeros polacos eran muy similares en estilo a los utilizados en Occidente: una pesada armadura, una pesada espada, un pesado caballo.
Z. S. Lenkiewicz
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New Methods, New Opportunities. Recent Advances in Archaeological Science and their Application in Arms and Armour Studies

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica, 2021
The jubilee of Professor Andrzej Nadolski and Professor Marian Głosek is an excellent opportunity for discussing some most recent methods of technological analyses in archaeology and their applications in arms and armour studies. New opportunities are
Grzegorz Żabiński
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The Bow in the Borderland in the 16th Century

Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2017
After finishing a long-term conflict with the State of the Teutonic Order (1521, 1525), the Polish foreign policy directed its focus to the East, which resulted in the necessity to reorganise the armed forces, at least partially.
Aleksander Bołdyrew
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The Archaic warrior from Metaponto [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
The chalcidic helmet with ram’s protome in the Saint Louis Art Museum comes from a tomb in Metaponto. The grave assemblage has been reconstructed and displays the helmet wearer as a remarkable warrior, with the most complete panoply preserved in the ...
Raimon Graells i Fabregat
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