Table of Contents

The developing power of the handgun; staff-weapons; mace, war-hammer and horseman's axe; armour - 1400-1525; helmets - 1400-1525; swords of the 16th century; the two-hand sword; the curved and single-edged swords of the 16th century; sword and rapier in the 17th century; the military sword of the 17th century; armour in decline; helmets in the 16th and 17th centuries; the dagger - 1500-1650; the smallsword. Appendices: tournament armour; American swords in the 19th century.