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Leather in Warfare

Attack, Defence and the Unexpected
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Published from a conference organised by the Archaeological Leather Group and the Royal Armouries, this publication offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the varied use of leather and skin products in warfare. Contributors cover issues as diverse as Romano-Egyptian ceremonial clothing, Roman campaign tents, the equipment of the medieval swordsman and Japanese Samurai, Mamluk lamellar armour and European plate armour, the buff coat of the English Civil War and the fish skin helmet of the Pacific Island warrior.
Quita Mould is an archaeologist with expertise in archaeological leather and metalwork. She has a research interest in the finds from shipwrecks.
Foreword - Quita Mould Warm and Dry: a complete Roman tent from Vindolanda - Carol van Driel-Murray A Romano-Egyptian cuirass and helmet made from crocodile skin: conservation and context - Barbara Wills Changing styles of Anglo-Saxon scabbards AD 600-1100 - Esther Cameron Fourteenth-century sword sheaths from Leiden city centre - Carol van Driel-Murray Leather plate armour in medieval Europe - Thom Richardson A poor man's armour? Late medieval leather armour from excavations in the Netherlands - Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen and Marquita Volken Taken for a ride? The case for a unique surviving leather horse bard of Henry VIII - Karen Watts Cuir Bouilli: fracture toughness testing of hide-based materials - Eddie Cheshire The leather equipment of the sixteenth-century 'mercenary' from the Theodul Pass, Zermatt, Switzerland - Marquita Volken Seventeenth-century buff coats and other military equipment - Keith Dowen Grips, sleeves and liners: leather on European edged weapons - Henry Yallop Cover-guard, copellet or chape: an overlooked component of medieval swords - Nicolas P. Baptiste Mamluk armour: leather lamellar cuirasses from Syria - David Nicolle Leather in Japanese arms and armour - Ian Bottomley Nature's defences: non-mammalian armour in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford - Helen Adams Leather in warfare - not all fighting - Yvette Fletcher No place to hide: a look at leathers in the Royal Armouries collection - Suzanne J. Dalewicz-Kitto
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