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Un casco de tipo kettlehat o chapel-de-fer del s. XIII procedente de Kodasoo, Estonia
Gladius, 2011 El casco más antiguo encontrado en Estonia es un «chapel de fer» del siglo XIII que proviene de cerca de la aldea de Kodasoo, en el Norte de Estonia. Tres muestras de diversas partes del casco fueron investigadas mediante un estudio metalográfico.
Jaak Mäll
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The Armoury of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry [PDF]
, 2012 It is rare for an historian to walk into a room and be awestruck by what he finds there. This was the author’s experience on being invited to view the Buccleuch Collection of arms at armour at Boughton House.
Wilcock, Paul
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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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Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the Katáfraktoi in the Byzantine Army [PDF]
, 2012 This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti
Wojnowski, Michał
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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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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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Wounding patterns and human performance in knife attacks: optimising the protection provided by knife-resistant body armour [PDF]
, 2003 Stab attacks generate high loads,1 and to defeat them, armour needs to be of a certain thickness and stiffness.2,3 Slash attacks produce much lower loads and armour designed to defeat them can be far lighter and more flexible.Methods and subjects: Phase
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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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The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1881 The custom of dedicating or of specially setting apart articles of use or ornament to divine beings has been common to many peoples, and has come down from a remote antiquity to the present day. Nor is the motive which prompts the action one in any way foreign to the impulses by which men are moved.
Greenwell, W., G., P.
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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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