| 'A masterpiece ... Dr Elgood's scholarship is impeccable and this volume will become a standard reference' - Fred Wilkinson, Vice President of the Arms and Armour Society |
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| THE ARMS OF GREECE |
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| AND HER BALKAN NEIGHBOURS IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD |
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| Over 500 colour illustrations 31.0 x 23.8 cm 352pp hb ISBN 978 0 500 251577 Published November 2009 |
£32.00 (rrp £42.00) Download order form |
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This magnificent book traces the history of firearms and edged weapons in Greece and the Balkans during the Ottoman era. The early developments of firearms in the later Middle Ages coincided with the Ottoman occupation of these regions, and over the following centuries they became by far the greatest centre of arms manufacturing in the Islamic world. Each town developed its own style in weaponry, decoration and costume, often with spendid results. Traditional weapons were owned with pride, and surviving guns and swords are richly ornamented with silverwork, mother-of-pearl, coral or semi-precious stones. |
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Over 19 chapters, Robert Elgood's masterful text weaves together the story of the weapons with the deeds of their owners and the history of the region. The book culminates in the stirring story of Greek national liberation in the 1820s. To Greeks the weapons used by the heroes of their revolution are quasi-sacred objects: they fill the museums of modern Greece and are highly collectible. Representing a decade of research by a world expert in oriental arms and armour, this book is being published to coincide with a major exhibition of Greek and Balkan arms at the National Historical Museum, Athens. Robert Elgood is Research Fellow in Eastern European, Islamic and Asian Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection, London. He has written a number of definitive books on Oriental arms, including Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait and Hindu Arms and Ritual. |
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'A masterwork' 'A major contribution to the study of Ottoman firearms and other weapons by one of the leading Islamic arms and armour specialists in the world' |
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