A Neglected Medieval Helmet from Lucera in Italy

Raffaele D’Amato; Andrey Evgenevich Negin

doi:10.18778/2084-140X.12.19

Authors

Raffaele D’Amato University of Ferrara, Laboratorio Antiche Province Danubiane Via del Paradiso 12 44121 Ferrara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-546X
Andrey Evgenevich Negin N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarin Avenue 23, 603950, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-4452

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2084-140X.12.19

Keywords:

Great Helm, Lucera, Angevin, Suebian, Italy

Abstract

The authors of the present article intend to draw the attention of the scientific community to a Medieval Great Helm found in Lucera, southern Italy, at the end of 1980, and presently unpublished. The importance of the helmet – belonging to the last quarter of 13th century and being one of the older specimens of that category existing in the world – has been until now neglected, and it is the intention of the authors to produce an initial analysis of the helmet, its history, technical characteristics and historical background.

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