Meyrick’s Medieval Knights and Armour

Captivated by military antiquities, English scholar Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783–1848) pursued a lifelong passion for studying and collecting medieval armory. The results of his work are a continual source of learning and fascination for weapons buffs and anyone interested in the medieval period. Brimming with over seventy full-color illuminated engravings from Meyrick's original 1842 survey of weaponry from the Middle Ages, here is a stunning historical showcase of European armor spanning the ninth to fifteenth centuries.
From Richard the Lionheart in full battle regalia to the equipage of numerous anonymous knights, Meyrick presents a splendid panorama of medieval paladins and their weapons. Since earliest times, man has fashioned items for personal defense—shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, ornate suits of body armor for knights and their steeds, and much more.Meyrick's Medieval Knights and Armour chronicles the military regalia of the Middle Ages in all its forms, and when applicable, highlights its connection with mythology, religion, the arts, civil polity, and entertainment in ancient, as well as modern, times.

INTRODUCTION
BLACK-AND-WHITE PLATES
Graeco Egyptian Arms and Armour
Asiatic Arms and Armour
Asiatic Arms and Armour
Grecian Armour
Etruscan Armour
Roman Armour
British, Saxon, and Danish Armour
COLOR PLATES
Battle of the Locks and Keys
Norman Knight and Archers
A Knight Performing Homage
Alexander 1st, King of Scotland
David, Earl of Huntingdon
Richard Fitzhugh, Constable of Chester & Standard-Bearer of England
Richard the First, King of England
Alexander 2nd, King of Scotland
A Knight Armed with a Martel
William Longuespee, Earl of Salisbury
A Spearman, Man at Arms, and a Slinger
Archer and Cross Bowman
Eudo de Arsic
Peter, Earl of Richmond, and a Soldier
Robert Rouse
De Vere, Earl of Oxford
A Knight of the Montford Family
A Soldier and Knight
The Attack of the Pel
A King and His Mace-Bearer
Archers and Crossbow Man
Aylmer de Valente, Earl of Pembroke
A Knight
John De Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
Sir John D’Aubernoun
Sir Oliver de Ingham
Sir Guy de Bryan, & Bernabo Visconti
Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Sir John Arsich
A Knight of the Blanchfront Family
Sir George Felbridge
Richard de Vere, Earl of Oxford
A Knight of the Birmingham Family
Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, and a Knight
Henry the Sixth, King of England
Two Cross Bow Men
Charles the Seventh, King of France, and Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans
A Cross Bow Man and His Paviser
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Sir John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope
John, Duke of Somerset
Sir Thomas Sherborne
Duke of York
Sir John Crosbie & A Serjeant at Arms
A Suit of Armour
Man at Arms with a Standard
Sir Thomas Peyton
Henry VIIth, King of England, and a Billman
Maximilian 1st, Emperor of Germany
Sir John Cheney
Knight Armed a La Haute Barde
A Knight Armed for the Bond
A Knight and One of the King’s Guards
Henry the Eighth, King of England
Two Suits of Black Armour
Two Suits of Armour
A Suit of Genoese Armour
Long Bellied Armour
Two Suits of Armour
Group of Soldiers
Suit of Armour
Federigo Oricono
Embossed Armour
An English Gentleman
A Suit of Jousting Armour
An Officer of Pikemen
A Suit of Armour
A Suit of Black Armour
Officer and Pistolier
Harquebussier and Pikeman
A Suit of Cuirassier’s Armour