The Knight and the Blast Furnace
Subtitle: A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Period (History of Warfare, 12)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 954
ISBN-13: 9789004124981
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Militaria, arms & armour; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Iron; History; Technology & Industrial Arts; Renaissance; History: World; Europe; Medieval; Interior Design - General; Military Science; Armor, Medieval; Armor, Renaissance; Metallurgy
Description: "This book tells the story from its invention in 14th-century Lombardy, which depended on the production of the necessary steel plates, until its eventual decline in the 17th century, principally because of developments in another area of military technology, the gun. The metallurgy of 600 armours has been analysed, and their probable effectiveness in battle has been assessed by means of mechanical tests."--BOOK JACKET.