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 SECTION II.--THE WEAPONS AND ENGINES OF WAR. XV. INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL 151 XVI. THE SWORD 158 XVII. THE DAGGER 175 XVIII. THE LONGBOW 178 XIX. THE CROSSBOW 183 XX. MACHINES FOR HURLING OR SHOOTING MISSILES, AND THE WARWOLF 187 XXI. MACHINES FOR ATTACKING BELEAGUERED PLACES 190 XXII. THE SLING AND FUSTIBAL 192 XXIII. STAFF AND CLUB WEAPONS 193 XXIV. EARLY ARTILLERY 204 XXV. EARLY HAND-GUNS 216 INDEX 229 ILLUSTRATIONS. FIG. PAGE 1. TRANSITIONAL GOTHIC SUIT AT MUNICH _Frontispiece_ _Face_ 2. GREAT HELMS AT BERLIN 48 3. MOUNTED SUIT WITH BARDS, IN THE KUNGL. LIFRUSTKAMMAR COLLECTION, STOCKHOLM 67 4. SHARFRENNEN AT MINDEN IN 1545 88 5. SUIT AT DRESDEN FOR SHARFRENNEN, DATE 1554 88 6. TILTING SUIT AT NUREMBERG, FOR THE GERMAN GESTECH 90 7. TILTING SUIT FOR THE ITALIAN COURSE (WELSCHES GESTECH) 91 8. AN ITALIAN COURSE AT AUGSBURG IN 1510 (WELSCHES GESTECH) 91 9. ARMOUR FOR THE FREITURNIER AT DRESDEN 92 10. REINFORCING PIECES FOR THE TOURNAMENT 95 11. DO. DO. DO. 95 12. TILTING HELM AT HAUGHTON CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND 96