The Battle of Crecey

Torr O'Neal · Post by **Torr O'Neal** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:18 pm

The standard picture that you see when you do a search for the Battle of Crecey is one that I am curious about. I see it everywhere and the question arrises: Is the armour dipicted in the picture accurate for the time? It would seem so, but I'm not entirely sure. The helms seem too advanced for it to be done around the same time as the actual battle. Can someone let me in on this little detail? Thanks in advance!

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:47 pm

Do you mean this?

This image is from the Chronicles of Jean Froissart and was painted in the 15th century to illustrate his work. Some passages pertaining to the deeds of the battle of Crecy can be found here http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/froissart1.html
For more illustrations from the same artist? see this site. http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits/aman1.htm
The armour is not contemporary with the battle of Crecy c.1346 Coats of plates, haubergeons, limb defences ranging from gamboised cuisses and nothing to shell articulated legs and arms for the wealthiest men at arms. Helmets would have been bascinets and kettle hats, perhaps some early forms of the italian barbuta seen several decades later on the pistoia alterpiece.

Torr O'Neal · Post by **Torr O'Neal** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:35 pm

Yes. That is the exact picture. Thank you very much for clarifing that one up. Also thanks for the links, I will check them out ASAP.