Ravensgard Medieval Military

• The Decline of the Longbow
• The Medieval English Longbow
• Some Speculation on the Nature of Longbowstrings
• Further Speculation on the Nature of Longbowstrings
• Ten Basic steps in Archery
• Archery FAQ's

• Body Guard (Brigandine) Italy (?), c. 1500-1525
• plate
  • Armor for Man and Horse with Völs-Colonna Arms North Italy, c. 1575
  • Black and White Elbow Gauntlet for the Right Hand
  • Breastplate
  • Breastplate
  • Breastplate (2)
  • Breastplate (3)
  • Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions North Italy, c. 1550 - 1600
  • Breastplate in the Maximilian Style Germany, Nuremberg(?), early 16th Century
  • Buffe (etched with bands of trophies) North Italy, c. 1550 - 1600
  • Gorget Germany, c. 1560
  • Gorget (from a funerary achievement?) Netherlands(?), c.1590-1625
  • Gothic Backplate Germany, late 15th Century
  • Gothic Bevor Spain (Hispano-Flemish), c. 1480
  • Gothic Breastplate South Germany or Austria, Innsbruck, late 15th century
  • Gothic Breastplate South Germany or Austria, c. 1485
  • Gothic Breastplate Germany, c. 1540
  • Gothic Breastplate and Taces North Italy, c. 1475-1500
  • Gothic Mitten Gauntlet Italy, c. 1450
  • Gothic Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand South Germany or Austria (Innsbruck), c.1490
  • Leg Guard (Greave)
  • Half Armor for the Foot Tournament Itallian c. 1590
  • Half-Suit of Armor for the Field North Italy, Brescia (?), c. 1575
  • Partial Suit of Armor in Maximilian Style c. 1525
  • Pauldron for Right shoulder
  • Pair of Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (right) Antonio Missaglia (Italian, 1416/17-1495/96) c. 1485-1500
  • Tilting Suit (composed)
  • Vambrace
  • "Waistcoat" Cuirass (Combined Breast and Backplates) North Italy, c. 1580
• Mail
  • Bishop's Mantle (Cape) c. 1520-1530
  • Brayette 1400s
  • Collar 1400s
  • Hauberks
    • 1400s
    • 1400s (2)
    • 1400s (3)
    • 1400s (4)
    • 1400s (5)
    • 1400s (6)
    • 1400s (7)
    • Germany (?), c. 1400- 1450
• Helmets
  • Armet à Rondelle
  • Barbute (from the Venetian Garrrison at Chalcis)
  • Black and White Burgonet (of the Civic Guard of Bologna) Italy, c. 1580-1600
  • Black and White Morion (of Munich Town Guard) Germany, c. 1575-1600
  • Burgonet Italy, c. 1540
  • Burgonet North Italy, c. 1550 - 1600
  • Burgonet Italy, Milan(?), 16th century
  • Burgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces
  • Burgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces (#2)
  • Burgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces (#3)
  • Triple-Crested Burgonet Germany, Augsburg (?), c. 1560-1570
  • Cabasset Italy, c. 1570
  • Close Helmet Germany, c. 1510-1530
  • Close Helmet North Italy, Brescia (?), c. 1575
  • Close Helmet (from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herbertstein [d.1621])
  • Closed Helmet (Burgonet) Italy, Milan (?), early 1500s
  • Close Helmet for the Field Germany, c.1550-1570
  • Close Close Helmet in Maximilian Style Germany, c. 1520
  • Close Helmet in Maximilian Style Germany, Nuremberg(?), c. 1510-1530
  • Partial Suit of Armor in Maximilian Style: Close Helmet Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1525
  • Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor) Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1500
  • Helmet
  • Helmet with Barred Visor
  • Kettle Hat (War Hat) Italy, c. 1460
  • Morion North Italy, c. 1575-1600
  • Morion of the State Guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony
  • Pear Stalk Cabasset North Italy, Brescia(?), 1580-1600
  • Pear-Stalk Cabasset Italy, c. 1580 - 1590
  • War Hat (or Kettle Hat)
• Rondache (Round Shield) Italy, Milan, 16th century
• Round Shield (Rondache) North Italy, 16th century
• Weapons
  • daggers
    • Dagger c. 1550
    • Dagger c. 1550-1600
    • Parrying Dagger c. 1580-1610
    • Parrying Dagger Germany, c. 1600
    • Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax) Frankish, Champagne(?), Migration period, 600s
    • Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax) Frankish, Burgundy (?), Migration period, 600s
    • Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax) Merovingian, Migration period, c. 500-700
  • poleweapons
    • Corsèque (c. 1520)
    • Corséque (Chauve-Souris) c. 1530
    • Corséque (Chauve-Souris) c. 1530 (2)
    • Halberd c. 1480-1500
    • Halberd c. 1500-1525
    • Halberd c. 1520
    • Halberd Germany c. 1580
    • Halberd c. 1550
    • Parade Halberd with Arms of Elector Christian I of Saxony 1586-1591
    • Battle Axe 1400s
    • Battle Axe late 16th Century
    • Partisan c. 1550-1600
    • Bardiche (Pole Axe) 1500s
    • Bill c. 1480
    • Parade Spear Germany, Augsburg?, c. 1570-1600
  • swords
    • Estoc Germany c. 1500-1525
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword Germany c.1550
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword South Germany, c. 1500
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword Germany, c.1540-1580
    • Parade Sword Italy, Ferrara, c. 1500-1525
    • Rapier Blade: Spain, Toledo Hilt: Italt, Belluno?, c. 1580-1610
    • Rapier Italy, c. 1600
    • Rapier Germany, Solingen, c. 1600
    • Sword Germany (?), c. 1350
    • Sword 1400s
    • Sword European, c. 1400
    • Sword European, 15th century
    • Sword c. 1550
    • Two-Handed Sword Spain, Toledo (?), 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword Spain, Toledo, 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword Germany 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword Germany 1550-1600 (2)
    • Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade Germany 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg
  • Seven-Flanged Mace c. 1540-1550
• The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I: Emperor Maximilian as Patron of Improvements in Artillery and Armor Wolf Traut (German, c. 1486-1520)

• Period Firearms: What kinds of guns are 'period'?
• Metropolitan Museum of Art - Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol of Emperor Charles V, ca. 1540-1545
• Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Wheel-Lock Hunting Pistol South Germany, 1578
  • Powder Flask c. 1550
  • Powder Flask Austria (?) or Germany, c. 1550-1580
  • Powder Flask Italy, c. 1560-1570
  • Powder Flask with Standing figures of a Man and Woman Germany 1570
  • Powder Horn (with Scene of Judgment of Paris) Italy c. 1590
  • Powder Flask Germany c. 1580-1600
  • Powder Flask Germany, c. 1570
  • Powder Flask Germany, late c. 1580
  • Powder Flask late 1500s-early 1600s
  • Patron (Cartridge Box) Germany, Date: c. 1600

• Why was Armor Made?
• Tournamentand Ceremonial Armor
• Arms and Armor as Art Form and the Decorated Surface

• Armourer
• Armourer
• Mail-maker
• Armourer
• Armourer
• Armourers and Mail-makers

• The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620
• The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620 (pdf download page)
• Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002
• European Helmets, 1450-1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection
• European Helmets, 1450-1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection (pdf download page)
• Knights in Central Park
• Armor, ca. 1400 and later or here
• Armor for Henry II of France, ca. 1555
• Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland, ca. 1580 1585 or here
• Armor for Field and Tournament, dated 1527
• Sword, 10th century
• Spangenhelm, 6th century
• Sword, ca. 1400
• Shield of Henry II of France, ca. 1555
• Burgonet with Falling Buffe, ca. 1555
• Tournament Shield (Targe), ca. 1450
• Tournament Helm (Stechhelm), ca. 1500
• Portions of a Costume Armor, ca. 1525
• Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I, dated 1549
• Sallet, 1470 1480
• Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 1510
• Burgonet, dated 1543
• Shield, ca. 1535
• Parade Helmet in Hispano-Moresque Style, late 15th early 16th century

• French Military Architecture
• Castillos (Spanish Castles)
  • Castilla y León (norte)
  • Castilla y León (sur)
  • Cast. Mancha y Madrid
  • Extremadura
  • Andalucía y Murcia
  • Valencia y Baleares
  • Cataluña
  • Aragón
  • Navarra/Rioja/P.Vasco
  • Regiones Cantábricas
• Castles Along the Rhein River
• Castles and Palaces of Poland
• Castles, Plague, Witch Trials
• Castles in Belgium
• Castles in Wales
• Castles of Britain
  • About Castles
  • Life in a Medieval Castle
  • The Castles of Britain Learning Center
  • Castle Ground Plans
• The Castles of Germany
• The Castles of Wales
  • Welsh Castle Index
  • Major Castles in Northeast Wales
  • Minor Castles: Glamorgan & Gower
  • Norman Castles in Wales
  • Life in a Medieval Castle
  • Definition of a Castle
  • Documentary Evidence for the Castles of Wales
  • Castle Terminology
  • Mote and Bailey Castles and Ringworks
  • Specific Castles
    • Acton Burnell Castle
    • Barry Castle
    • Beaumaris Castle
    • Beaupre Castle
    • Benton Castle
    • Bishop's Moat
    • Blaenllynfi Castle
    • Brecon Castle
    • Bronllys Castle
    • Builth Castle
    • Builth Wells Castles
    • Caer Penrhos
    • Caerau Castle Ringwork
    • Caergwrle Castle
    • Caerleon Castle
    • Caernarfon Castle
    • Caerphilly Castle
    • Caldicot Castle
    • Candleston Castle
    • Cardiff Castle
    • Cardigan Castle
    • Carew Castle
    • Carmarthen Castle
    • Carn Fadryn Castle
    • Carndochan Castle
    • Carreg Cennen Castle
    • Carreghoffa Castle
    • Castell Coch
    • Castell Crug Eryr
    • Castell Cynfael
    • Castell Dinas Bran
    • Castell Dinas
    • Castell Dinerth
    • Castell Gwallter
    • Castell Morgraig
    • Castell Prysor
    • Castell Tinboeth
    • Castell Trefadog
    • Castell Troggy
    • Castell y Bere
    • Caus Castle
    • Chepstow Castle
    • Chirk Castle
    • Cilgerran Castle
    • Clifford Castle
    • Clun Castle
    • Clyro Castle
    • Coity Castle
    • Colwyn Castles
    • Conwy Castle
    • Criccieth Castle
    • Crickhowell Castle
    • Cwm Camlais Castle
    • Cymer Castle
    • Dale Castle
    • Degannwy Castle
    • Denbigh Castle
    • Deudraeth Castle
    • Dinas Emrys
    • Dinas Powys Castle
    • Dinefwr Castle
    • Dinham Castle
    • Dingstow Castle
    • Dolbadarn Castle
    • Dolbenmaen Motte
    • Dolforwyn Castle
      • additional photographs
      • Excavations at Dolforwyn Castle
    • Dolwyddelan Castle
    • Dyserth Castle
    • Ewloe Castle
    • Flint Castle
    • Goodrich Castle
    • Gro Tump
    • Grosmont Castle
    • Harlech Castle
    • Haverfordwest Castle
    • Hawarden Castle
    • Hay Castle
    • Hen Blas Castle
    • Hen Domen Castle
    • Hluboka
    • Hohensalizburg
    • Holt Castle
    • Hopton Castle
    • Karlstejn
    • Kenfig Castle
    • Kidwelly Castle
    • Konopiste
    • Landimore Castle
    • Laugharne Castle
    • Llanblethian Castle
    • Llandovery Castle
    • Llangadog Castle
    • Llangibby Motte & Castle
    • Llangynwyd Castle
    • Llansteffan Castle
    • Llantrisant Castle
    • Llanvair Castle
    • Llawhaden Castle
    • Longtown Castle
    • Loughor Castle
    • Manorbier Castle
    • Monmouth Castle
    • Montgomery Castle
    • Morlais Castle
    • Narberth Castle
    • Neath Castle
    • Nevern Castle
    • New Radnor Castle
    • Newcastle Castle
    • Newcastle Emlyn Castle
    • Newport Castle
    • Newport Castle
    • Ogmore Castle
    • Oxwich Castle
    • Oystermouth Castle
    • Painscastle Castle
    • Pembroke Castle
    • Pen y Mwd Castle
    • Pencoed Castle
    • Penhow Castle
    • Penmaen Castle
    • Penmark Castle
    • Pennard Castle
    • Penrhos Castle
    • Penrice Castle
    • Picton Castle
    • Raglan Castle
    • Rhuddlan Castle
    • Rhyd y Gors Castle
    • Richard's Castle
    • Roch Castle
    • Rumney Castle
    • Skenfrith Castle
    • St Clears Castle
    • St Donats Castle
    • St Fagan's Castle
    • Swansea Castle
    • Sycharth Castle
    • Tenby Castle
    • The Welsh D-Tower
    • Tomen y Bala Castle
    • Tomen y Faerdre
    • Tomen y Mur
    • Tomen y Rhodwydd Castle
    • Tretower Castle & Court
    • Twmpath Castle
    • Twthill Castle
    • Upton Castle
    • Usk Castle
    • Welshpool Castle
    • Weobley Castle
    • White Castle
    • Whittington Castle
    • Wigmore Castle
    • Wiston Castle
• Castles on the Web
• Castles of the World
• Cupola's Medieval Architecture Gallery One
• Dolforwyn Castle
• Dolforwyn Castle (Wikipedia)
• Dysert O'Dea Castle, Ennis Ireland
• The English Medieval Castle
• Fortification 1593
• Glossaries and Bibliographies (The Castle, The World of Chivalry, Cooking, The Ecclesiastical World, The Feudal Realm, and The Manor)
• Glossary: Castle Terms
• The Gravensteen, Ghent, 9th-14th centuries, largely 1180-1200.
• An Introduction to the Fief and Castle
• Island Castles
• Medieval Castles in Finland
• Medieval Fortifications
• The Medieval Fortress of the Louvre
• Medieval Timeline Reference (with Virtual Castles)
• Montague
  • Concentric Castle
  • Keep and Bailey Castle
  • Medieval Castle Architecture
  • Motte and Bailey Castle
• A Virtual Tour of Raglan Castle
• Schloss Reichenstein a Medieval Castle
• Skipton Castle
• Stokesay Castle
  • CastleWales' Stokesay Castle
  • Heritage Trail - Stokesay Castle
  • Lise Hull's Stokesay Castle Home Page
  • Stokesay Castle photos from Oman
• Sven's Fortifications
• Vadum Iacob Research Project (a Templar Castle on the Jordan River)
• The Walled Town of Carcassone
• Welsh Castle Tours

• Castle Siegecraft and Defence
• Falconet with Arms of Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III (1534-1549) Italy, 1534-1549
• Falconet with Arms of Gian Pietro Carafa, Pope Paul IV Italy, possibly Genoa, 1555-1559
• Giant Medieval War Machine Is Wowing British Farmers And Scaring the Sheep or Here
• The Grey Company Trebuchet Page
• Keel Breaker, Sienna, 15th Century CE
• Medieval Siege Weapons
• Nova: Medieval Siege
• Siege Ladder, Rome, 537 CE
• Sven's Trebuchets
• Trebuchet Plans
• Trebuchet, Siena, early 15th century CE

• The Crusades
• Medieval Sourcebook: Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732
• The Battle of Falkirk
• Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
• The Battle of Stirling Bridge
• The Battle of Stirling Bridge
• The Final Campaign of Prince Llywelyn
• Jean Froissart: Chronicles of the Hundred Years War, (1337-1453)
• Medieval Sourcebook: Anon Arab Chronicler: The Battle of Poitiers, 732
• The Norman Invasion of South Wales and Rumney Castle
• Pinkie Battlefield
• The Battle of Vlaardingen 1018
• 100 Years War
  • Agincourt 1415
  • Battle of Agincourt, Bataille de Azincourt, French feudal coins, Henry V
  • Battle of Crecy, bataille de Crecy, France, 1346, Hundred Year's war
  • Battle of Neville's Cross
  • Battle of Poitiers
  • France c. 1377
  • France c. 1429
  • France c. 1453
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Hundred Years War In The High Court Of Parlement
  • Medieval Life & The Hundred Years War
  • Encyclopedia.com - Hundred Years War
  • Electric Renaissance: 100 Years' War
    • Electric Renaissance: 100 Years' War Timeline
    • Electric Renaissance: France - Maps of the 100 Years' War
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Jean Froissart: On The Hundred Years War 1337-1453
• Peasant Revolts
  • Richard II and the Peasant's Revolt
  • Britannia: English Peasants' Revolt, 1381
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Anonimalle Chronicle: English Peasants' Revolt 1381
  • Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Addresses of the Commons
  • Literature of Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Introduction
  • The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381
  • John Ball and the Peasants' Revolt
  • Conflagration: The Peasants' Revolt, Part 1 - Medieval History
• War of the Roses
  • Battle of Barnet
  • Battle of Bosworth: August 22, 1485
  • The Battle of Bosworth Field
  • Battle of Mortimer's Cross
  • The Battle of Tewkesbury
  • Battle of Towton
  • Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton
  • Battle of Towton
  • The Towton Mass Grave Project
  • The Towton Battlefield Archaeological Survey
  • The Richard III Foundation, Inc. - Wars of the Roses
  • Wars of the Roses.com
  • The Wars of the Roses
  • Richard III Society - Online Library
  • Wars of the Roses and the Princes in the Tower
  • Richard III Society - Croyland Chronicle
  • Wars in France, revolts in England, Wars of the Roses

Last updated 2020/4/12.