CLOTHING & WEAPONS OF THE DURER PERIOD VOL.1

This book is the first volume of the final part of Ulrich Lehnarts costume history of the Middle Ages. It comprises the period between the end of the Middle Ages and early modern times. This era is particularly interesting in that both costume and armour underwent a gradual yet ultimately radical change. The changes in style in civilian and military fashion is a clear indicator that even in their outward appearance, men and women had entered a new period in time.

The sheer abundance of general developments and individual aspects as well as the many pictorial sources have called for a structuring of this book into two parts. The volume at hand will thus concentrate on the costume and equipment of the German Landsknechts and their wives, the Swiss Reisläufers, the Reisigen light horsemen, and the knights.

The first part of the book concerns itself mainly with the costume of the Landsknechts. The foot soldier is thus the first object of interest, followed by the arms and armour of the men who fought on horseback. The development and transition of German armour from the Baroque Gothic period to the early Renaissance is the subject of a careful and extensive analysis. Many pictures of either original or high-quality reconstructions of both smooth and fluted cuirasses form a large part of this books many illustrations. The weapons of the cavalry and for the first time also the edged weapons and polearms of the infantry form the topic of the last part of this work.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Clothing of Reisläufers and Landsknechts

Clothing c. 1500

Clothing in Detail

Clothing of Reisläufers and Landsknechts 15131530

Clothing of Female Camp Followers 15001530 / Trossfrauen

Part 2: Defensive Arms

Armour in its Entirety

Reisige Clothing and Armour

Cavalry Helmets

Landsknecht Armour

PART 3: Offensive WEAPONS

Cavalry Weapons

Weapons of Landsknechts and Reisläufers

Italian edged weapons 

Footnotes

Image Credits

Bibliography

Glossary

Index of historic persons

Central Plates and Other Plates

Plate A: Early Landsknechts 1485-1505

Plate B: Early Landsknecht and Reisläufer around 1500

Plate C: Landsknechts around 1520-1530

Plate D: Italian Mercenaries 1490-1525

Plate E: Sutleresses around 1500 and 1530

Plate F: Siegfried von Schwalbach and Kunz Schott von Hellingen

Plate G: Field Armour of Maximilian I from 14921495

Plate H: Reisiger around 1500

Plate I: Early Maximilian style Field Armour from 1505

Plate J: Italian Armour around 1510

Plate I: Shirt and Braies, c. 1500

Plate II: Hose, early 16th century

Plate III: Landsknecht doublet c. 1500

Plate IV: Early Landsknechts doublets and hose

Plate V: Landsknecht and Reisläufer Doublets1500-1530

Plate VI: Lederkoller pattern

Plate VII: 'Trossfrau' dress, 1516

Plate VIII: Ridges, Steps and Flutes

Plate IX: Lances, lanceheads, lance rests and grapers/burrs

Plate X: German and Swiss katzbalger and sword bindings

Plate XI: German edged weapons

Plate XII: katzbalgers

Plate XIII: Swiss edged weapons