Chapter II: Section I: Defensive Armour

PART
I. INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL 15

II. CHAIN-MAIL AND MIXED ARMOUR 20

III. THE TRANSITION PERIOD 37

IV. HELMS UP TO THE END OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD 44

V. PLATE ARMOUR 48

VI. A SLIGHT SKETCH OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS
ABROAD 71

VII. THE TOURNAMENT 76

VIII. DETAILS OF DEFENSIVE PLATE ARMOUR 96

IX. “GOTHIC” ARMOUR, 1440–1500; AND SOME ARMOUR-SMITHS OF THE
PERIOD 114

X. “MAXIMILIAN” ARMOUR, 1500–1540 125

XI. ARMOUR WITH LAMBOYS OR BASES 130

XII. SOME ARMOUR-SMITHS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY 132

XIII. DEFENSIVE ARMOUR, 1540–1620, AND TO THE END 134

XIV. ENRICHED ARMOUR 139