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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

Poitrail, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 341.

  Pole-axe, Pt. i. 45, 48, Pt. iii. 322.

  Poleyns, 242, 243.

  Porchester Castle, xii., 189.

  Posse Comitatûs, 10, 97 (and see Statutes of Arms).

  Pourpoint, 210, 239.

  Pourpointers of Paris in the thirteenth century, 239.

  Prayer-book of Charles the Bald, 57.

  Procopius, 4.

  Prussians, 112.


  Quarrels or bolts of cross-bows, Pt. ii. 159, Pt. iii. 204, 326.

  -------- "empennés d'airain," 327.

  Quintain, water, Pt. ii. 186;
    various kinds of, 187;
    on Offham Green, Kent, 187;
    at London in 1252, 374.

  Quiretta, 368.

  Quiver, Pt. i. 55, Pt. ii. 102, 158, Pt. iii. 325.


  Races, migrations of, 1.

  Relics, Saintly, in request for warlike purposes, 17.

  Ribauds, Pt. iii. 196, 206, 228;
    Roi des Ribauds, 208.

  Richard Cœur-de-Lion an archer, 157.

  Roi des Hérauts, 367.

  Roman influences, 7, 88, 89.

  Round-table Game, 306, 370;
    at Wallenden, 371;
    at Kenilworth, 372;
    Round Table of King Arthur at Winchester, 372.

  Rutarii, 99.


  Sabre, curved, Pt. iii. 314.

  Saddle, Part i. 79, 81, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 340.

  Saddle-cloth, 170;
    armoried, 336, 340.

  Saintly aid in battle, 117.

  Saracens, 13.

  Saracenic wall, 357.

  Satellites, 196, 209.

  Saxon Chronicle, 11, 14, 76.

  Scale armour, Pt. i. 65, Pt. ii. 132, 133, Pt. iii. 234, 255.

  Scandinavians, Pt. i. 12, Pt. ii. 109.

  Scottish troops, Pt. ii. 106, Pt. iii. 217.

  Scramasaxi, 60.

  Scutage, 99.

  Sea-fights, 362;
    sea-mangonels, 325, 352.

  Seals, their use in the study of ancient costume, 93;
    various modes of expressing armour upon them, 122.

  Seal of William the Conqueror, 92, 142;
    of William Rufus, 102, 123;
    of Henry I., 119;
    of Alexander I., king of Scotland, 106;
    of King Stephen, 122, 126, 145;
    of Henry II., 151, 170;
    of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140;
    of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, 123, 140, 141, 142, 146;
    of King John, 228, 289, 290;
    of Saer de Quinci, 345;
    of Alexander II. of Scotland, 147, 340;
    of King Henry III., 298, 308;
    of Roger de Quinci, 345;
    of Hugo de Vere, 345;
    of King Edward I., 339, 345;
    of Robert Fitz Walter, 336, 340.

  Seals figured:--of William I., 92;
    of William II., 102;
    of Henry I., 119;
    of Alexander I. of Scotland, 107;
    of Stephen, 122, 144;
    of Henry II., 151, 170;
    of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140;
    of Richard I., _frontispiece_;
    of John, 228;
    of Henry III., 299, 307;
    of Roger de Quinci, 346;
    of Edward I., 339.

  Seax, 34, 35.

  Sergens-d'armes, Pt. ii. 100, Pt. iii. 196, 198.

  ------- de pied, 196, 197.

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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

History

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

Hewitt, John

Armor; Weapons

Poitrail, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 341.

  Pole-axe, Pt. i. 45, 48, Pt. iii. 322.

  Poleyns, 242, 243.

  Porchester Castle, xii., 189.

  Posse Comitatûs, 10, 97 (and see Statutes of Arms).

  Pourpoint, 210, 239.

  Pourpointers of Paris in the thirteenth century, 239.

  Prayer-book of Charles the Bald, 57.

  Procopius, 4.

  Prussians, 112.


  Quarrels or bolts of cross-bows, Pt. ii. 159, Pt. iii. 204, 326.

  -------- "empennés d'airain," 327.

  Quintain, water, Pt. ii. 186;
    various kinds of, 187;
    on Offham Green, Kent, 187;
    at London in 1252, 374.

  Quiretta, 368.

  Quiver, Pt. i. 55, Pt. ii. 102, 158, Pt. iii. 325.


  Races, migrations of, 1.

  Relics, Saintly, in request for warlike purposes, 17.

  Ribauds, Pt. iii. 196, 206, 228;
    Roi des Ribauds, 208.

  Richard Cœur-de-Lion an archer, 157.

  Roi des Hérauts, 367.

  Roman influences, 7, 88, 89.

  Round-table Game, 306, 370;
    at Wallenden, 371;
    at Kenilworth, 372;
    Round Table of King Arthur at Winchester, 372.

  Rutarii, 99.


  Sabre, curved, Pt. iii. 314.

  Saddle, Part i. 79, 81, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 340.

  Saddle-cloth, 170;
    armoried, 336, 340.

  Saintly aid in battle, 117.

  Saracens, 13.

  Saracenic wall, 357.

  Satellites, 196, 209.

  Saxon Chronicle, 11, 14, 76.

  Scale armour, Pt. i. 65, Pt. ii. 132, 133, Pt. iii. 234, 255.

  Scandinavians, Pt. i. 12, Pt. ii. 109.

  Scottish troops, Pt. ii. 106, Pt. iii. 217.

  Scramasaxi, 60.

  Scutage, 99.

  Sea-fights, 362;
    sea-mangonels, 325, 352.

  Seals, their use in the study of ancient costume, 93;
    various modes of expressing armour upon them, 122.

  Seal of William the Conqueror, 92, 142;
    of William Rufus, 102, 123;
    of Henry I., 119;
    of Alexander I., king of Scotland, 106;
    of King Stephen, 122, 126, 145;
    of Henry II., 151, 170;
    of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140;
    of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, 123, 140, 141, 142, 146;
    of King John, 228, 289, 290;
    of Saer de Quinci, 345;
    of Alexander II. of Scotland, 147, 340;
    of King Henry III., 298, 308;
    of Roger de Quinci, 345;
    of Hugo de Vere, 345;
    of King Edward I., 339, 345;
    of Robert Fitz Walter, 336, 340.

  Seals figured:--of William I., 92;
    of William II., 102;
    of Henry I., 119;
    of Alexander I. of Scotland, 107;
    of Stephen, 122, 144;
    of Henry II., 151, 170;
    of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140;
    of Richard I., _frontispiece_;
    of John, 228;
    of Henry III., 299, 307;
    of Roger de Quinci, 346;
    of Edward I., 339.

  Seax, 34, 35.

  Sergens-d'armes, Pt. ii. 100, Pt. iii. 196, 198.

  ------- de pied, 196, 197.

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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

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