Publication

2016 - Royal Armouries

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780948092756
  • ISBN-100948092750
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016417390
  • OCLC Control Number961214714
  • Better World Books9780948092756
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDA233
  • LCCDA233 .R53 2016

Description

"The documents surviving from the privy wardrobe, the department which administrated the Tower armoury under Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV, provide a unique insight into the use of arms and armour in England as the Hundred Years War unfolded. Here, Thom Richardson expertly brings these documents to life. He answers many long-standing questions and challenges a number of assumptions, notably about the use of the longbow and the wearing of armour during that formative period of English history. Richardson shows how the previously peripatetic armoury became established in the Tower of London at the outbreak of the Hundred Years War, and grew into the national arsenal which today forms the basis of the Royal Armouries, the national museum of arms and armour."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

Topics

WeaponsHistoryMedieval WeaponsHundred years' war, 1339-1453Tower of london (london, england)Hundred Years' War (1339-1453) fast (OCoLC)fst00963888Hundred Years' War (1339-1453) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00963888 (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062988

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