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It appears that "Weapons of Warre" (armaments, weapons, and armor recovered from the Mary Rose wreck) is finally available, for $100. Has anyone seen it yet? Any opinions or reviews? How much is there on edged weapons and armor?

A friend has seen it, and says it is worthwhile.

FWIW I saw some of the weapons themselves, in Portsmouth, Virginia, when they came here on display.

That rectangular-bored "hailshot piece" swivel gun was rather frightening to contemplate. When found, it was still loaded with square shot . . . a couple of dozen lead cubes, about the size of dice.

Hmm...anyone have bibliographic links to the other titles in this series, including a specific link to this book on the weapons.?

Can anyone provide more info about this book?

Andrew Young wrote:Hmm...anyone have bibliographic links to the other titles in this series, including a specific link to this book on the weapons.?

In no particular order:

• <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954402901?ie=UTF8&tag=fairchild-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0954402901">Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose</a> (ed. Peter Marsden)
• <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954402952?ie=UTF8&tag=fairchild-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0954402952">For Future Generations: Conservation of a Tudor Maritime Collection</a> (ed. Mark Jones)
• <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954402944?ie=UTF8&tag=fairchild-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0954402944">Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose</a> (ed. Julie Gardiner and Maggie Richards)
• Weapons of Warre: The Armaments of the Mary Rose (ed. Alexzandra Hildred)
• COMING SOON: Your Noblest Shippe: Anatomy of a Tudor Warship (ed. Peter Marsden)

Now... with the absolute richest resource in the entire world for a pre-1600 military impression....

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE START A HUGE GROUP BASED ON HENRY VIII'S ARMY/NAVY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thanks.

Glen K wrote:Now... with the absolute richest resource in the entire world for a pre-1600 military impression....

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE START A HUGE GROUP BASED ON HENRY VIII'S ARMY/NAVY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thanks.

Sounds good to me. Count me in for a Demi-Launtier for the Enterprise of Boulogne. I personally like his daughter's military activities better, but heck, I'm game.

Cheers!

Gordon

"Special K" to the rescue again...thanks Karen.

So which book(s) would we say is the closest in format to the Museum of London series....ie, materials and construction details, specifications, etc ?

Andrew Young wrote:So which book(s) would we say is the closest in format to the Museum of London series....ie, materials and construction details, specifications, etc ?

I'd say <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954402944?ie=UTF8&tag=fairchild-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0954402944">Before the Mast</a> -- that is, unless you're trying to reconstruct the armaments (in which case, you want Weapons of Warre) or the ship itself (which is when you'll want Your Noblest Shippe).

But then I'd also say to pick up a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/190199239X?ie=UTF8&tag=fairchild-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=190199239X">Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition: Tudor and Stuart Period Finds c. 1450-c. 1700 from Excavations at Riverside Sites in Southwark</a>, because that's closest in format to the Museum of London series, because, well, it is from the Museum of London and it does cover the period that the Mary Rose series covers, and then some.

I will indeed check out these texts. Thanks.