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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyHewitt, John

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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century

Name: Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century
Author: Hewitt, John

Hewitt, John

Armor; Weapons

Battle of the Casilin, 16;
    of Hastings, 16, 19, 21, 55, 114;
    of Stanford Bridge, 20;
    of Cuton Moor, or of the Standard, 108;
    of Bovines, 198, 343;
    of Falkirk, 217;
    of Lewes, 331;
    of Nuova Croce, 342.

  Bayeux Tapestry, 93, 120.

  Beads, found in graves of Anglo-Saxon period, 39.

  Beáh, 10.

  Beard, its fashion, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 149, Pt. iii. 300.

  Beffroi, 173, 354.

  Behourd, Pt. ii. 182, Pt. iii. 211.

  Bells used in tournament equipment, 369.

  Berefreid, 174.

  Bezanted armour, 255.

  Biblia, 352.

  Bidaux, Pt. iii. 196, 206.

  Biffa, 349.

  Bill, Pt. i. 57, 58, Pt. iii. 324.

  Bipennis, Pt. i. 5, 45, 48, Pt. ii. 154, Pt. iii. 320.

  Bisacuta, 155.

  Biturici, 9.

  Blazonæ, 369.

  Body-armour, Part i. 60, Pt. ii. 119, Pt. iii. 227;
    at first used by chiefs only, 61;
    of chain-mail, 61, 227, 233;
    of jazerant, Pt. i. 64, Pt. ii. 111;
    of hide, Pt. i. 64;
    quilted, Pt. i. 64, Pt. ii. 134, Pt. iii. 229, 239;
    of scale-work, Pt. i. 65, Pt. ii. 132, 133, Pt. iii. 255;
    of leather, 132, 240;
    of horn, 133;
    studded, 134, 243, 255, 256;
    of banded-mail, 260;
    with breast and back-plates, 271.

  Body-guard, Pt. i. 10, Pt. ii. 100.

  Boots, 136.

  Bosses (see Shields).

  Bosses figured, 73, 75.

  Bovines, battle of, 198, 343.

  Bow (long-bow), Part i. 54, Pt. ii. 105, 156, 160, Pt. iii. 199, 211,
       325;
    found in graves, 57;
    its superiority to the Cross-bow, 160.

  Bows figured, 195, 199, 201, 205, 206.

  Brabanters, 99.

  Brachières, 240, 369.

  Brasses, monumental, Pt. iii. 193, 195 _note_.

  Breast-plate, early example of, 271.

  Bretèche, 357 and _note_.

  Bridles, Pt. i. 79, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 341.

  Brigands, 196, 206.

  Bronze Period, 1.

  Bucula, 292.

  Burgundians, 9.

  Byrnie, Pt. i. 12, 61, Pt. ii. 109.


  Caerphilly Castle, xxv., 377.

  Caliburn, 152.

  Caltrops, 172.

  Canute, 10.

  Capitularies of Charlemagne, 8, 9, 14, 15, 54, 61.

  ------------ of Charles le Chauve, 8, 166.

  Captains of Bowmen, 214.

  Carcassone, Siege of, 355;
    its present state, 360.

  Carda, a kind of cloth used in the fabrication of armour, 240, 368.

  Cargan, 241.

  Carrocio, Part i. 86, Pt. ii. 107, 165, Pt. iii. 331.

  Casilinus, battle of the, 16, 17.

  Casque normand, 130.

  Castle, Norman, xii., 189.

  ------- Edwardian, xxv., 377.

  Cat or Cattus, an engine for siege purposes, Part ii. 178, Pt. iii.
       353, 361.

  Catapulta, 89.

  Ceorl, 10, 38.

  Cervellière, 292;
    its invention, 293.

  Chain-mail, Part i. 61, Pt. ii. 130, Pt. iii. 227;
    early fragment in British Museum, 63;
    various modes of representing, 123, 270;
    shewn of different colours, 270.

  Chanfrein, 348.

  Chantones, 292.

  Charge "en haie," 115, 223.

  Charlemagne, his armour, 8;
    his sword and belt, 38;
    (see Capitularies).

  Chastones, 347.

  Chat-Chastel, 355.

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