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A block-busting must for armour geeks, 15 Feb 2002
You'd have to really like armour to buy this book. It's not what you'd call an introductory work, nor is it full of glossy pictures of full harnesses.However, if you like armour to the point of being an armour trainspotter, or need a referrence when ordering or making reenactment equipment, or obsess over how armour was made and worn, then this is beyond doubt the book for you: It's a minutely detailed catalogue of the armour from Rhodes, piece by piece. E.g., you want bevors? There's a whole section on bevors - fixed, articulated, face-covering with eye slits in them; you name it, it's in there. Even better, there's plenty of academically rigorous analysis - this one was renovated, that one refitted, and the other badly made in the first place. In a sense, the book is a snapshot of a working later medieval armoury. We need more books like this. Ones that emphasise armour as something to keep sharp things out and squishy things in, rather than as an art form to be studied alongside decorative medieval metalwork.
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