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The Manufacture of Mail in Medieval Europe: A technical note

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dc.creator Williams, Alan R.
dc.date 1980-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier 10.3989/gladius.1980.135
dc.identifier 0436-029X
dc.identifier 1988-4168
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/93f0c55e2b954bcb9374dfc72a36507a
dc.description THE oldest specimen of interlinked mail yet found has been excavated from a 3rd cent. B. C. Celtic grave in Romania, and this was probably developed from protective garments made up of rings threaded onto cords, like netting. A fragment of such a garment has been found in a Hallstatt grave, perhaps of the 8th cent. B. C. in Bohemia. Representations of Roman soldiers prior to the 1st cent. A. D. show them clad in mail-shirts rather than in plate. Mail returned to favour in the straitened economic circumstances of the Migration Period. and. indeed. remained the basis of most personal armour in the Middle Ages until gradually replaced by plate again in the 15th cent.<br><br>No disponible.
dc.language EN
dc.language FR
dc.language ES
dc.publisher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
dc.relation http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/index.php/gladius/article/view/135/135
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0436-029X
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1988-4168
dc.source Gladius, Vol 15, Iss 0, Pp 105-134 (1980)
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject History (General)
dc.subject D1-2009
dc.title The Manufacture of Mail in Medieval Europe: A technical note
dc.type article
dc.provenance Journal Licence: CC BY-NC


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