weapons bring peace? warfare in medieval and early modern europe

WRATISLAVIA ANTIQUA 18
WEAPONS BRING PEACE?
WARFARE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY
MODERN EUROPE
ZESPÓŁ DO BADAŃ ŚREDNIOWIECZNEGO I NOWOŻYTNEGO WROCŁAWIA
RESEARCH TEAM FOR STUDIES ON MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN
WROCŁAW
WRATISLAVIA ANTIQUA
STUDIA Z DZIEJÓW WROCŁAWIA
STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF WROCŁAW
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Komitet Redakcyjny
Edited by
Krzysztof Wachowski
Jan Klápště
Stephan Krabath
Marta Młynarska-Kaletynowa
Jerzy Piekalski
UNIVERSITY OF WROCŁAW
Institute of Archeology
WEAPONS BRING PEACE?
WARFARE IN MEDIEVAL
AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE
LECH MAREK (Editor)
WROCŁAW 2013
Reviewed by: Prof. dr. hab Krzysztof Wachowski
Corrected by: Karol Bykowski, Grzegorz Żabiński
Layout: Marek J. Battek
Cover design: Barbara Kaczmarek
Cover illustration
Wrocław in 1652, Weiner’s plan
according to reproduction by J. Partsch from 1826.
(after: Wrocław na planach XVI–XX wiek,
Wrocław 1999)
ISBN 978-83-61416-96-8
University of Wrocław
Institute of Archeology
© Copyright by Uniwersytet Wrocławski
(University of Wrocław) and authors
Wrocław 2013
Edition: 200 copies
Printed and bound:
Wrocławska Drukarnia Naukowa PAN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Jiří Hošek, Jiří Košta
Swords uncovered at the burial ground of the Stará Kouřim stronghold (9th century) from
the perspective of archaeology and metallography ..................................................................................7
Jolanta Bagińska, Piotr N. Kotowicz, Paweł Kucypera, Krzysztof Rybka
A sword fragment from Nowosiółki Kardynalskie, Tomaszów Lubelski District. Materials
and conservation remarks .......................................................................................................................31
Piotr N. Kotowicz
The sign of the cross on the early medieval axes – a symbol of power, magic or religion? ..................41
Michał Stąpór
Early medieval arrowheads with twisted sockets discovered in Poland – the concepts of purpose ......57
Raffaele D’Amato
The betrayal: military iconography and archaeology in the Byzantine paintings
of the 11th–15th c. AD representing the Arrest of Our Lord ..................................................................69
Piotr Pudło
Arms and armour analysis of a Judas Maccabeus’ miniature in The Płock Bible .................................97
Petr Žákovský, Jiří Hošek, Patrick Bárta
Dussacks with broad blades and a probable method of their manufacturing .......................................105
Arkadiusz Michalak
Swords and falchions from the Polish-Silesian-Brandenburg borderland
(2nd half of the 13th–1st half of the 16th cent.). Preliminary thoughts ...................................................137
Marcin Glinianowicz
The brigandine from the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw – some thoughts about its
provenance and chronology..................................................................................................................157
Alan Williams
What can scientific analysis tell us about the effectiveness of medieval arms and armour? ..............171
Anca Niţoi, Florin Mărginean
Medieval and early modern military items discovered in the village of Taut (Arad County,
West Romania) .....................................................................................................................................175
Valérie Serdon-Provost
The constitution of artillery parks and fortifications for defending cities during the late middle
ages. The dukes of Lorraine in Nancy: a case study ............................................................................189
Grzegorz Żabiński
Das Grosse Ämterbuch des Deutschen Ordens – remarks on its value for arms and armour
research .................................................................................................................................................199
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Tadeusz Grabarczyk, Olgierd Ławrynowicz
With or without a helmet. Some remarks on equipment analysis of the mercenary troops
in Poland in the late 15th century ..........................................................................................................213
Aleksander Bołdyrew
The changes of offensive armament of the Polish mercenary infantry in the first part
of the 16th century and their Influence on the Tactics of the Unit .......................................................221
Maria Legut-Pintal
A study of the defensive system of Jelenia Góra in the light of archaeological finds and
topographic landscape archaeology ....................................................................................................229
Paweł Rajski
Fortifications made of wood and earth in late medieval castles of the Sudety mountains...................239
Jana Mazáčková
Rokštejn Castle (Czech Republic): archaeological evidence of military activities..............................255
Lech Marek
A short note on the crossbow bolt head from the siege of the castle of Kolno in Silesia ....................291
Katarzyna Smoleń
Conservation of selected artefacts from Stare Kolnie site ...................................................................297
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