E-raamat: European Mail Armour: Ringed Battle Shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages

"Mail has been something of a Cinderella in the field of early martial equipment. Now, in this meticulous study, Wijnhoven has demonstrated and explored the extensive potential of the archaeological, iconographic and textual evidence. It makes a fundamental contribution to the study of ancient martial material culture, and has broader implications for the development and structuring of early European ironworking traditions." - Prof. Simon James, University of Leicester

"Mail armour has been largely neglected by specialist literature, despite the important role that it played in Antiquity. This book fills in that research gap in an impressive manner. Not only does Wijnhoven pose the hardest questions about mail armour, but he also provides very satisfactory answers." - Prof. Thomas Fischer, Universität zu Köln

"This excellent monograph provides a thorough and multifaceted exploration of mail in Europe from its development in the Late Iron Age into the Early Middle Ages, roughly 300 BCE to 1000 CE.[ ...]The production values are superb, replete with numerous high-resolution photographs and illustrations in colour, offering a close-up look at mail scattered across international collections and not always on active display. This definitive book will prove a cornerstone for pre-modern armour studies for decades to come." - Michael J. Taylor, The Classical Review (2022)

"This volume is probably destined to be the go-to standard work for European ring-mail armour. It is intelligently assembled and supported by much gathered evidence.[ ...]This is a superb piece of research, presented in an easily understood format, containing much useful information. I recommend it unhesitatingly to anyone who has an interest in ancient ring mail armour." - Dr. Michael Thomas, Ancient Warfare Magazine, Vol. XV, Iss. 4

Martijn Wijnhovens book is a thoughtful and comprehensive investigation, long required, into early European mail armour. [ ] The book is well illustrated, supporting the overview of the technical details. This study traces a success story of an Iron Age technology that remained an important piece of defensive armour until the nineteenth century AD, with only minor modifications. If you want to know anything, or rather everything, about early mail armour, you need look no further! - Marion Uckelmann, New Book Chronicle, Antiquity, 2023, Vol. 97