In Print Armour Book Recommendation Wanted-Medieval European

Richard Blackmoore · Post by **Richard Blackmoore** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:56 am

I recently accumulated about $140 in Barnes & Noble gift certificates, which can only be used really on in print books. Are there any in print arms & armour books anyone would reccommend that are recent, as I probably have most of the obvious ones that come out a year ago or more (I already have the Knight & The Blast Furnace, the new Churburg, the Laking reprint, the Wisby reprint and most of the fighting books from Chivalry Bookshelf up to the Duarte reprint).

My focus is Medieval European Arms & Armour, so I'm not really looking for anything out of that area right now unless there is some really good reason to consider it. I save my money up fof that interest group. I did try to order the Royal Armouries Yearbooks for 2000 to the present, but Barnes & Noble says they can't get those, I already have the 1st four volumes.

Any ideas?

Klaus the Red · Post by **Klaus the Red** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:12 am

The reprint of Hefner-Alteneck (ISBN 0-486-43740-X). The details must be taken with several grains of salt, but it's a good general catalog of German kit. I use it as a suggestion list for effigies I want to find better photos of.

Klaus

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:23 am

"A Companion to medieval Arms and Armour" D. Nicolle ISBN: 0851158722

Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia
by David C. Nicolle

The Great Warbow: A History of the Military Archer
by Matthew Strickland

The last ones not armour really but I'm not sure how far-a -filed to go. Ther's lots of good stuff re' medieval military matters available but not about armour per se'

Also some of the newer Osprey books, such as the series on English Medieval Knights, are worth getting if you don't have them.