TY - GEN N1 - ill. ; 29 cm N2 - European underwent a period of rapid development and experimentation in the century after c. 1250. Whilst very little physical material has survived from this time, artistic depictions, wills, inventories and contemporary accounts attest to the use of metal plate defences much earlier than has commonly been assumed. By the turn of the 14th century, all the major elements of plate armour had been developed; with the subsequent half century seeing an increase in the quantity of plate worn on the battlefield. However, the development of plate armour was extremely erratic, and did not follow a simple linear progression. The stimuli for its development is still not fully understood. However, improvements to crossbow technology may have had a significant impact. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/63756/PDF/WA308_83461_PIII348_The-Introduction-and_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae. Fasc. 30 (2017) PY - 2017 EP - 28 KW - iron plate KW - baleen KW - leather KW - mail KW - cuir bouilli KW - crossbow KW - goat’s-foot leaver A1 - Dowen, Keith PB - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Polish Academy of Sciences. Łódź Branch VL - 30 CY - Łódź SP - 19 T1 - The Introduction and Development of Plate Armour in Medieval Western Europe c. 1250-1350 UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/63756 ER -