The Knight and the Blast Furnace
A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Period (History of Warfare, 12)
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Author
Publication
2003-02-01 - Brill Academic Publishers
Language
English
Word Count
238,500 words, Guess
Page Count
954 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9084448M
- ISBN-139789004124981
- ISBN-109004124985
- OCLC Control Number49386331
- OCLC Control Numberknightblastfurna00will
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002025419
- LibraryThing7963339
- Goodreads836974
Classifications
- LCCTN703.W55 2002
Description
"This book tells the story from its invention in 14th-century Lombardy, which depended on the production of the necessary steel plates, until its eventual decline in the 17th century, principally because of developments in another area of military technology, the gun. The metallurgy of 600 armours has been analysed, and their probable effectiveness in battle has been assessed by means of mechanical tests."--BOOK JACKET.
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