ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAUBERK
From Old French hauberc, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German halsberc, Old English healsbeorg, from heals neck + beorg protection, shelter.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAUBERK»
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hauberk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Rusted
Hauberk: Feudal Ideals of Order and Their Decline
These essays question the very rubric of the feudal ideal, demonstrating that in historical and legal practice, and in imaginative and didactic writing, a breach often exists between ideal and practice.
Liam O. Purdon, Cindy L. Vitto,
1994
2
War and Combat, 1150-1270: The Evidence from Old French ...
During the twelfth century the sleeves of the hauberk became longer, reaching to
the wrist, and mail mittens could be attached. The mail hood or coij also became
an integral part of the garment. A hauberk of this type could have contained as ...
3
Knight of Outremer AD 1187-1344
Take this one at once, and then your armour, lance and sword and hauberk with
its surcoat. Let the horse be well tested and not an inferior one; and put on it a
good saddle and bridle and a really good peytral [breast-strap securing the
saddle] ...
4
Medieval Scandinavian Armies (2): 1300-1500
A simple and rather old-fashioned mail hauberk has long sleeves but no mittens.
Beneath his hauberk he has a padded soft armour or gambeson and a darker
coloured woolen tunic. Over his linen surcoat the knight has a rope-like waist
cord ...
David Lindholm, David Nicolle,
2003
5
Middle English Dictionary
(2) l028: Pe hauberk was all reed of rust, Hys platys dykke and swyde just. (c)
cl450(cl380) Chaucer HF 7l9: Hir [Fame's] paleys. . stant eke in so juste a place
That every soun mot to hyt pace. (d) (al420) Lydg. TB 2.l746: This Anthenor hap
first ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis,
1969
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Chaucer and Array: Patterns of Costume and Fabric Rhetoric ...
(lines 863–65) Thopas dons, over his habergeon, yet another body protection – a
hauberk.56 But a knight, as Blair writes, would wear either a “hauberk or
haubergeon” [my emphasis]; Thopas apparently wears both.57 The confusion is
...
7
Early Secular Effigies in England: The Thirteenth Century
3.4.2 The hauberk and the representation of mail. Leg defences and other pieces
of armour The hauberk is a coat of mail completely covering the trunk and arms
and reaching to about the knees, where a little split is sometimes seen.
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The House of the Wolfings
“Hearken therefore as to the Hauberk: I wot well that it is for no light matter that
thou wouldst have me bear thy gift, the wondrous hauberk, into battle; I deem that
some doom is wrapped up in it; maybe that I shall fall before the foe if I wear it not
; ...
9
The Florida of the Inca
had with the Indians of Apalache, the Campmaster Luis de Moscoso was struck
in the right side by an arrow which penetrated a leather jacket and the hauberk
which he wore underneath as well. This particular hauberk was so highly ...
Garcilaso de la Vega,
2010
10
Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi
Hauberk. and. Helm. in. Malory's. Le. Morte. Darthur. DEREK BREWER Armour
and weapons are intrinsic to medieval romance and romantic history. Malory's Le
Morte Darthur is inconceivable without them, for knight-errantry is of the essence
...
Shunʼichi Noguchi, Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai,
1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAUBERK»
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One of his first efforts was weaving a green “hauberk” or frock and painting it green. After that, he was coined the “green knight” and his hauberk ... «Sequim Gazette, Jul 15»
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Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? «NBCSports.com, Feb 15»
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And if you're the brave sort, why not go sleeveless with the Wolf Hauberk, a sweater-vest-but-not-sweater-vest that pays homage to one of ... «The Koalition, Nov 14»
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A hauberk is a chain mail coat worn over padding and is designed to keep swords and other pointed objects from penetrating the body. «The Daily Star-Journal, Jun 14»
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"The hauberk over his armor was the American flag and the blanket under the saddle was the South Vietnamese flag." An ARVN (Army of the ... «Statesman Journal, May 14»
Review – Diablo III: Reaper of Souls makes a pretty good (and …
Don your spectral boneweave hauberk of the mind, arm yourself with an energizing beach tusk of agony, and start gutting yourself some ... «Financial Post, Mar 14»
Chivalry 'Black Knight' Mod Turns Decapitation Into Just a Flesh …
He catches the opening between my helm and hauberk, sending my head sailing into a nearby stream. But I'm not defeated yet. My headless ... «Wired, Mar 14»
Nuns Kick Ass
The mauled face of a soldier stared up at him with one eye gouged and half its flesh shorn away, his hauberk was torn through like fabric, links ... «Bleeding Cool News, Nov 13»
The legend of the dragon slayer
The knight is in chain mail, with hauberk (neck protector), coif (close-fitting cap), surcoat (mantle worn over armour) and gauntlets. He holds a ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Oct 13»
placing weapon in hand in attack animations
So a "Hauberk" armor would have to be modeled for each type (race, gender). This is because a husky male Orc needs a more broad-chested ... «GameDev.net, Jul 13»