Byzantine Armor and arms during the 13th Century

[Blake]

Tricky period of history, but with a little determination you'll crack it.

I recommend this site:

http://www.levantia.com.au/

Dr. Timothy Dawson's main field of interest is c900 - 1204, but he represents an excellent starting point for anyone interested in Byzantine Military History.

I've put together a large collection of images of Byzantine swords, but in the process, there have been many images of Byzantine Armour assembled too:

http://swordsite.proboards.com/index.cgi...d=2&page=1

There you will find a large selection of images, a typology of swords and so on, and links to my site, I make primarily Byzantine reproduction swords.

This site will be of interest too, because it shows what some of the armours might have look like, and they have done a pretty convincing job of making depcitions of armours which were thought to be artistic abstractions look very much like they may have been realistic depictions:

http://medievalswordmanship.wordpress.co...-are-back/