The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century

A comprehensive compilation of practical and documentary evidence on medieval and early modern armour-making, presenting descriptions of tools, materials, and workshop processes alongside the regulations that controlled the trade. The text surveys iron and steelworking, construction techniques, proofing, decoration, maintenance, and the use of fabrics and leather in wearing armour. Institutional material covers guild ordinances, company records, lists of European armourers, makers’ marks, and short biographies, while diagrams, plates, translated documents, and a polyglot glossary clarify technical terminology and contemporary treatises on craft practice.