VIII. A Technical Note on some of the Armour of King Henry VIII and his Contemporaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20502004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Williams (0000-0003-2032-1875, corresponding author), A R Williams |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Pages | 157-165 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3409 • E-ISSN: 2051-3186 |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of London (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261340900007918 |
| OpenAlex | W2323835865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Some of the most famous armours in the Tower of London Armouries are those which belonged to Henry VIII, who came to the throne in 1509. Although there had been an Armourers’ Company in London since the fourteenth century all Englishmen who could afford it bought their armour from the great continental centres of production such as Augsburg, Nuremberg, and Milan. At the commencement of his reign Henry had to obtain his fine armour from the Continent, notably from the Emperor Maximilian (emp. 1493, d. 1519) who, in 1514, presented him with three armours made in Innsbruck by Conrad Seusenhofer whom Maximilian had induced to migrate from Augsburg in 1504. The helmet with ram's-horns and grotesque mask (IV. 22) is, it has been suggested, a survival of one of these Seusenhofer armours
Ancient history · Archaeology · Armour · Art · Emperor · Political science · Politics · Reign · Throne · Tower · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |