Lehnart: Clothing & Weapons of the Dürer Period 1480-1530 I

Art.Nr.: B-96360-0708

English edition of the famous book on arms, aronur, and dress of the Landsknechts, Reisläufer, knights, and mercenaries.

This book is the first volume of the final part of Ulrich Lehnarts costume history of the Middle Ages. It comprises the period between the end of the Middle Ages and early modern times. This era is particularly interesting in that both costume and armour underwent a gradual yet ultimately radical change. The changes in style in civilian and military fashion is a clear indicator that even in their outward appearance, men and women had entered a new period in time.

The sheer abundance of general developments and individual aspects as well as the many pictorial sources have called for a structuring of this book into two parts. The volume at hand will thus concentrate on the costume and equipment of the German Landsknechts and their wives, the Swiss Reisläufers, the Reisigen light horsemen, and the knights.

The first part of the book concerns itself mainly with the costume of the Landsknechts. The foot soldier is thus the first object of interest, followed by the arms and armour of the men who fought on horseback. The development and transition of German armour from the Baroque Gothic period to the early Renaissance is the subject of a careful and extensive analysis. Many pictures of either original or high-quality reconstructions of both smooth and fluted cuirasses form a large part of this books many illustrations. The weapons of the cavalry and for the first time also the edged weapons and polearms of the infantry form the topic of the last part of this work.

Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Clothing of Reisläufers and Landsknechts
  • Clothing c. 1500
  • Clothing in Detail
    • Clothing of Reisläufers and Landsknechts 15131530
• Clothing of Female Camp Followers 15001530 / Trossfrauen
• Part 2: Defensive Arms
  • Armour in its Entirety
  • Reisige Clothing and Armour
  • Cavalry Helmets
  • Landsknecht Armour
• PART 3: Offensive WEAPONS
  • Cavalry Weapons
  • Weapons of Landsknechts and Reisläufers
  • Italian edged weapons
• Footnotes
• Image Credits
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Index of historic persons

Central Plates and Other Plates

• Plate A:Early Landsknechts 1485-1505
• Plate B:Early Landsknecht and Reisläufer around 1500
• Plate C:Landsknechts around 1520-1530
• Plate D:Italian Mercenaries 1490-1525
• Plate E:Sutleresses around 1500 and 1530
• Plate F:Siegfried von Schwalbach and Kunz Schott von Hellingen
• Plate G:Field Armour of Maximilian I from 14921495
• Plate H:Reisiger around 1500
• Plate I:Early Maximilian style Field Armour from 1505
• Plate J:Italian Armour around 1510
• Plate I:Shirt and Braies, c. 1500
• Plate II:Hose, early 16th century
• Plate III:Landsknecht doublet c. 1500
• Plate IV:Early Landsknechts doublets and hose
• Plate V:Landsknecht and Reisläufer Doublets1500-1530
• Plate VI:Lederkoller pattern
• Plate VII:'Trossfrau' dress, 1516
• Plate VIII: Ridges, Steps and Flutes
• Plate IX:Lances, lanceheads, lance rests and grapers/burrs
• Plate X:German and Swiss katzbalger and sword bindings
• Plate XI:German edged weapons
• Plate XII:katzbalgers
• Plate XIII: Swiss edged weapons 

HC, 300 pp., numerous colour plates, over 200 photographs.
 

Preis:

49,95 EUR

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