The Evolution of Armor: From the Roman Legions to Plate Armor and Pike and Shot

Explore the Evolution of Armor Coloring Book, featuring illustrations based on the artwork presented in this video. Available on Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0aioYarc Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This video follows the major turning points in European armor history—from the Roman legionary’s lorica segmentata to the late-medieval knight’s plate armor. We’re painting with a broad brush, focusing on the innovations that shaped the battlefield while leaving aside many regional variations and smaller developments. This is the evolution of European armor. Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory Paypal (thank you: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandRhomanhistory Bibliography Blair, Claude, European Armour. Circa 1066 to circa 1700, London 1972. Bradbury, Jim, The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare, London/New York 2004. Capwell, Tobias, Armour of the English Knight. 1450–1500, London 2021. Dowen, Keith, The Introduction and Development of Plate Armor in Medieval Western Europe c. 1250–1350, in FASCICULI ARCHAEOLOGIAE HISTORICAE XXX, pp. 19–28. DeVries, Kelly Robert, and Smith, Robert Douglas, Medieval Military Technology, Toronto 2012. Edge, David, and Paddock, John Miles, Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight: An Illustrated History of Weaponry in the Middle Ages, New York 1991. Oakeshott, R. Ewart, The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armor from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry, Woodbridge 1994. Rogers, Clifford J., Tactics and the Face of Battle, in: Tallet, Frank and Trim, D. J. B. (eds.),*European Warfare 1350–1750. Verbruggen, Jan Frans, The Art of Warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, Brussels 1997. Williams, Alan, The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of the Metallurgy of Armor in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, Leiden/Boston 2003.