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Armies --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Army --- Military power --- Armed Forces --- Middle East --- Antiquities

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Mail armour (commonly mislabelled 'chainmail') was used for more than two millennia on the battlefield. After its invention in the Iron Age, mail rapidly spread all over Europe and beyond. The Roman army, keen on new military technology, soon adopted mail armour and used it successfully for centuries. Its history did not stop there and mail played a vital role in warfare during the Middle Ages up to the Early Modern Period.

Given its long history, one would think mail is a well-documented material, but that is not the case. For the first time, this books lays a solid foundation for the understanding of mail armour and its context through time. It applies a long-term multi-dimensional approach to extract a wealth of as yet untapped information from archaeological, iconographic and written sources. This is complemented with technical insights on the mail maker's chaîne opératoire.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Tombs --- Armor, Ancient --- Armor, Medieval --- Armures romaines. --- Forgeage --- Uniformes militaires --- Art et science militaires --- Innovations technologiques --- Military uniforms --- Armies --- History

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De la fin du VIIe siècle jusqu'au 1er siècle av. J.-C., des milliers de guerriers ont quitté l'Europe celtique pour servir les Étrusques, les Carthaginois ou les Grecs, jouant un rôle souvent décisif sur le théâtre des guerres méditerranéennes. Mais quelles sont les raisons qui les ont poussés à migrer ? Leurs départs s'expliquent-ils par la demande étrangère ou par la situation sociale, économique et politique de leurs pays d'origine ? Ou par une conjonction des deux ? Quelles influences leurs sociétés ont-elles exercées dans le développement puis le déclin du mercenariat ? Brossant l'évolution des sociétés celtiques durant cette longue période (systèmes agricoles, modes d'accès à la terre, filiation, pouvoir, habitat ...), en la liant au phénomène mercenaire, Luc Baray propose des scenarii plausibles. Démêlant les arguments et les hypothèses, il fait le point sur le rôle des 'grandes migrations', des crises politiques ou alimentaires, tout en réfléchissant aux effets du mercenariat sur l'émergence et le développement de l'État en Gaule. S'appuyant sur les données archéologiques récentes et sur une nouvelle analyse des données littéraires antiques, l'auteur croise les plans historique, ethnologique et sociologique et offre une approche anthropologique inédite des sociétés celtiques, de leur histoire, de leurs structures et de leurs dynamiques."--Page 4 of cover.

Celts. --- Mercenary troops --- Military art and science --- Celtes --- History --- Europe --- Histoire --- Mercenaires --- Art et science militaires --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- Mercenaries (Soldiers) --- Troops, Mercenary --- Armies --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- Soldiers --- Foreign enlistment --- Private military companies --- Celtic peoples --- Gaels --- Ethnology --- Indo-Europeans --- Alpine race --- History. --- Celts

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Soldiers --- Soldats --- Social conditions --- Congresses --- Conditions sociales --- Congrès --- Rome --- History, Military --- Military life --- Histoire militaire --- Armée --- Vie militaire --- Sociology, Military --- Precedence --- -Sociology, Military --- -Soldiers --- -Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- Military sociology --- Armies --- Peace --- War --- War and society --- Rank, Order of --- Diplomatic etiquette --- Etiquette --- Manners and customs --- Genealogy --- Heraldry --- Municipal ceremonial --- Army --- -Officers. --- -Conferences - Meetings --- Officers --- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. --- -Social conditions --- Congrès --- Armée --- Armed Forces personnel --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Conferences - Meetings --- Sociology, Military - Rome - Congresses. --- Precedence - Rome - Congresses. --- Soldiers - Rome - Social conditions - Congresses.