Arms & Armour in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen: Volume I: European Armour

by Ian Eaves and A.V.B. Norman

Volume 1: European Armour is the first catalog to offer a comprehensive inventory of this substantial and historically significant collection in more than one hundred years. Among the highlights of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190568648X
• ISBN13: 9781905686483
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 7.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 10.1" x 12.1"

Customer Reviews

A metalworkers dream come true

Turn the clock back to the early 1500's. England was nothing in European politics. Henry the eighth (VIII) changed this. I speak as a machinist. Henry imported talented craftsmen from the continent. Martin VanRoyne, Erasmus Kirkener, who eventually trained the first English armorer, John Kelte. When NASA wanted to make an articulated spacesuit they asked the Tower Of London curators for permission to inspect Henry's armor. With all the latest technology these chunks of steel have not been surpassed. Buy the book!! Look at what these skilled craftsmen did with just hammers and wisdom!