Scottish Arms And Armour

Author : Fergus Cannan
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747806981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Arms and Armour written by Fergus Cannan and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish warrior has throughout history been armed with some of the most famous and instantly recognisable weapons and armour ever produced. From the majestic Highland two-handed sword and the diminutive sgian dhu that tucks into the sock of every Scotsman in formal dress to the distinctive leather shield or targe, these objects are redolent of great men and hard-fought battles – men such as William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Bonnie Prince Charlie and battles such as Stirling Bridge, Bannockburn, Flodden and Culloden. An important aspect of national heritage and folklore, Scottish weapons and armor are icons of valor and pride for millions worldwide. With a foreword by the 23rd Chief of the Clan Macnab, this pioneering study by Fergus Cannan examines the Scottish people at war and the armor and weaponry they have used on the battlefield from the Stone Age to the present day.

Author : Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Arms; the Glasgow Armour Collection written by Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stuart W. Pyhrr
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588390268
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arms and Armor written by Stuart W. Pyhrr and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2002 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of more than a decade of collecting by the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Arms and Armour since the reinstallation of its permanent galleries in 1991. Fifty-eight of the most important recent acquisitions are featured in this volume.

Author : David Blackmore
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780948092121
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars written by David Blackmore and published by Boydell & Brewer Incorporated. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses the magnificent collections of arms and armour from the Royal Armouries, augmented by the unique Civil War Armoury at Littlecote House, and others, to show the weapons and armours used by the Englishmen who fought for King or Parliament during the Civil War. The arms and armour of each different type of soldier is described in detail, and their use and effectiveness in battle is fully discussed, with many fascinating quotations from contemporary manuals and memoirs.

Author : Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arms and Armour in the Royal Scottish Museum written by Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Drummond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783742857187
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Scottish Weapons written by James Drummond and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles E. Whitelaw
Publisher : Arms & Armour
ISBN 13 : 9780853682011
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Arms Makers written by Charles E. Whitelaw and published by Arms & Armour. This book was released on 1977 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides brief biographical sketches of armourers, bowmakers, gunsmiths, cutlers, and other weapon makers in Scotland

Author : Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383720X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Weapons and Armour written by Ewart Oakeshott and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.

Author : John Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317865278
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Border Fury written by John Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Border Fury provides a fascinating account of the period of Anglo-Scottish Border conflict from the Edwardian invasions of 1296 until the Union of the Crowns under James VI of Scotland, James I of England in 1603. It looks at developments in the art of war during the period, the key transition from medieval to renaissance warfare, the development of tactics, arms, armour and military logistics during the period. All the key personalities involved are profiled and the typology of each battle site is examined in detail with the author providing several new interpretations that differ radically from those that have previously been understood.

Author : Robert Riddle Stodart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Arms written by Robert Riddle Stodart and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: