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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
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English armour and arms before the Norman Conquest from A.D. 1000—The Anglo-Saxon warrior of the fyrd—Body armour: the shield: the spear: the bow and arrow: the sling: the knife—The Anglo-Saxon thegn—Body armour: the shield: the axe: the helmet: the sword: the spear: the javelin—Accoutrements for the horse—The bit: the
stirrup: the spur—The general appearance of an Anglo-Saxon thegn
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CHAPTER II |
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Armour and arms after the advent of the Normans—The Bayeux needlework: the armaments of some of the principal characters depicted—Duke William, the probable construction of his apparel—Comparison of the Bayeux needlework with contemporary picturing—The shape and probable make of the hauberks represented—Scale armour: Guy, Count of Ponthieu—The Great Seal of William I and his portraiture on the coinage—William II—Helmets of the second half of the XIth century; a list of the existing examples known to the present writer: their contemporary representation in needlework and missal—The shield of the Norman conquerors, the swords of the same, existing examples described, and their contemporary representation—Two swords of historical interest—The lance: the axe: the mace as portrayed in the hands of William I and Odo, Bishop of Bayeux: the javelin: the bow and arrow: the knife or dagger
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CHAPTER III |
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Appearance of body armour generally throughout the XIIth century—Its various portrayal in illuminations and picturing—What the conventionally rendered surface of armour may intend to illustrate—Probable character of banded mail—Helmets of the XIIth century—The Great Seal of Henry I—The Great Seal of Stephen—An existing helmet
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