Armour from the Battle of Wisby, 1361

Preface ix Terminology and Explanations xiv The Battle 1(32) Gotland in prehistoric times 2(5) Origin of Wisby 7(1) Gotland's political position 8(2) Gotland and Wisby in the Middle Ages 10(4) King Waldemar Atterdag and Sweden 14(1) Legends about King Waldemar in Gotland 15(4) King Waldemar's campaign in Gotland in 1361 19(3) The Battle of Wisby on July 27th, 1361 22(3) Consequences of the battle for Wisby and Gotland 25(2) Treasures buried in Gotland in 1361 27(3) King Waldemar's departure from Gotland 30(1) Historical import of the campaign 31(2) Appendix to Chapter I. From the Sources dealing with the Battle of Wisby on July 27th, 1361 33(312) King Waldemar's Charter for Wisby, dated the 29th July, 1361 33(1) Wisby Council to the Hanseatic Towns on the 15th December, 1362 33(1) City of Wisby letter of Homage to King Olof of Denmark, dated the 15th August, 1376 34(1) From Chronica Sialandie 34(1) From Libellus de Magno Erici Rege 35(1) From Detmar's Chronicle 36(1) From the Diary of the Wisby Franciscans 36(1) From the Swedish Rhyming Chronicle 36(1) From Arild Huitfeldt's Chronicle 37(1) From H. N. Strelow's Cronica Guthilandorum 38(3) The Folk-Song about Nils Guldsmed's Daughter 41(1) The Folk-Song about Unghanse's Daughter 42(1) From P. A. Save's Records of Traditions 43(3) The Excavations 46(47) Previous finds 46(3) The 1905 excavation 49(7) The 1912 excavation 56(4) The 1928 excavation 60(4) The 1929 excavation 64(2) The 1930 excavation 66(2) Excavation technique 68(5) The common graves 73(13) Publicity 86(7) The Finds 93(56) How did the finds get into the soil? 93(2) Distribution of finds 95(1) Survey of the various finds 95(3) Mail coifs 98(8) Shirts of mail 106(4) Mail gauntlets 110(1) Mail technique 111(1) Arm and leg guard 112(3) Armoured shoes 115(2) Buckles 117(4) Strap mounts 121(1) Spurs 122(1) Horse-shoes 123(1) Arrow- and spear-heads 124(1) Knives 125(4) Miscellaneous objects 129(4) Coin finds 133(16) The Skeletons 149(61) Bo E. Ingelmark Determination of the number of individuals 150(1) Mathematical determination of the smallest number of individuals buried in the respective common graves 151(1) Distribution of sexes 152(1) Distribution of age 153(6) Determination of the length of body 159(1) Injuries received in battle 160(11) Detailed account of the injuries due to cuts on the tibia 171(7) Injuries due to cuts on the long tubular bones apart from the tibia 178(1) Cuts on the crania 179(6) Injuries from arrows and injuries due to lances and spiked maces 185(7) Pathological changes 192(3) Previously contracted injuries 195(2) Animal bones 197(2) Supplement 1. Distribution on the tibia of injuries due to cuts 199(4) Supplement 2. Distribution on the humerus, radius, ulna and femur of injuries due to cuts 203(3) Supplement 3. Distribution on the crania of injuries due to cuts 206(2) Supplement 4. Distribution on the lower jaws of injuries due to cuts 208(1) Supplement 5. Distribution on the crania of arrow-wounds 209(1) The Armour 210(20) General analysis of types of armour 210(1) Type I 211(3) Type II 214(1) Type III 214(2) Type IV 216(2) Type V 218(1) Type VI 218(2) Differences and connections of types of armour 220(5) Did the armour belong to Gotlanders or Danes? 225(5) The Gauntlets 230(15) Genera! analysis of types 230(2) Origin of gauntlet 232(1) Gauntlets preserved from the 14th century 233(4) Types of Wisby gauntlets in contemporary effigies 237(6) Position of Wisby gauntlets in development 243(2) History of Lamellar Armour 245(40) Lamellar armour in Central Asia 245(9) The Arctic lamellar armour 254(3) Lamellar armour in China and Japan 257(3) Lamellar armour in Western Asia 260(4) Lamellar armour in Europe 264(6) Origin of lamellar armour 270(6) Kindred forms of construction in Assyria and Egypt 276(4) Scale armour 280(2) Spread of lamellar armour to Scandinavia 282(3) History of the Coat of Plates 285(44) Older medieval armour 285(1) 13th century reinforced surcoat 285(3) Origin of coat of plates 288(4) 14th century reinforced surcoat 292(4) Armoured plastron during first half of 14th century 296(7) Armoured plastron about the middle of the 14th century 303(5) 14th century breastplate 308(14) Position of Wisby armour in the development of coats of plates 322(7) Solberga Nunnery 329(16) The Nunnery in medieval sources 329(2) Situation of Convent. Excavations 331(3) Conventual establishment 334(3) Architecture of Convent Church 337(2) Dating of foundation and dissolution of Convent 339(6) Descriptions 345(92) Coats of plates 345(47) Lamellar armour 392(13) Parts of coats of plates 405(6) Parts of lamellar armour 411(3) Gauntlets 414(23) Notes 437(15) Bibliography 452(8) Sources of Illustrations 460(3) Index of Finds from Common Graves 1, 2 and 3 463(8) Index of Subjects 471(2) Index Of Persons 473(2) Index of Places 475