armor

An illustrated survey of knights, their weapons, their battles and wars, and tournaments. Includes glossary of terms and an appendix detailing construction of armor.

Text and photographs of swords, polearms, bows and arrows, firearms, and personal armor help chronicle the history and development of the Japanese samurai warriors.

Presents more than four hundred copyright-free illustrations of weapons, armor, and clothing styles of the medieval period in central Europe, as well as introduction that provides background information from primary sources. Also includes a bibliography.

On t.p.: The handguns, longarms and shotguns of the Gold Rush, the American Civil War, the Wild West and the Armed Forces.

This book explores the lives of knights.

Illustrates the long development of arms and armor in the Samurai's seven-hundred-year history.