Medieval English Armor with Dr. Tobias Capwell (Wallace Collection) & Matt Easton 

Book 1 www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-1400-1450-by-tobias-capwell/ Book 2 www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-1450-1500-by-tobias-capwell/ Book 3 www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-continental-armour-in-england-1435-1500-by-tobias-capwell/

I got to visit the Wallace Collection, largely inspired by your videos. Dr Capwell was there, and graciously showed me some of his favorite parts of the collection. You both have encouraged me to embrace my love for history. Thanks a million!!

Toby is such a down to earth person. He is so intelligent and well spoken, but also very relatable. He is an awesome writer and researcher as well. Plus he actually wears armour!

I remember all those years ago, the series you made with Dr. Capwell at the Wallace Collection was what introduced me to your channel. I love these collaborations.

I negotiated with several publishers. Dr Toby: there will be 1800 images Publisher: how about 100? Dr Toby's hand tightens on his pollaxe: THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.

Although I will certainly be trying to get a physical copy when I can, I hope Toby will be releasing a digital copy someday. More portable, easier to access, and as silly as it sounds, use. There are some use issues for those of us with physical ailments, just easier to read an iPad than a whopping great book. Also don't need to worry about spilling tea on it, or it being chewed on by a ferocious parrot, as much.

Dr Capwell is always great to hear from, and so are you Matt! Both of you are supremely knowledgeable about one of my favourite topics. Love the videos with Dr Capwell, who is as close as one could get to being a hero for me in the European historical space as an American who is interested in European history, and this channel always helps me learn more, not just from Dr Capwell but from yourself as well.

I love the point both Dr. Capwell and Mr. Easton make about the virtue of armor users contributing to the history discipline. It reminds me of the origins of historical study of warfare, where originally historians didn't see it as their job to study warfare as a discipline, and instead left it to the officer class within militaries because it was thought that only a military expert could understand the accounts of ancient warfare. But military people didn't necessarily appreciate the nature of historical sources, unreliability and contextual reading that is so important in academic history departments. It was only when there was a marriage of academic historians and contemporary military experts that we saw the rise of warfare as a rigorous area of research.

Always a pleasure to see you talk with Dr. Capwell

Mr. Capwell, a phd is only the start of a career. i hope you release a digital version of the books at some point, because i move a lot and i can't carry a ton of books, but either way once i find a place to settle i'll surely get the real deal ;) Mr: Easton, i'm so glad lockdown is over and you are giving us so much good content, along with the other people in the community. also congrats for the deal with windlass, the swords look amazing! i hope they sell a lot!

I've always had the highest respect for Dr. Capwell, but that story how he pushed trough on this project despite all those setbacks puts that on an entirely new level. Thanks for the great interview to you two.

Let’s be honest without these interviews I wouldn’t now own the books

This gentlemen is what peak content looks like!

It's so interesting that there are no known verifiable examples of English-made armor from this period. Is there any potential reason for this? Was there a habit or policy of recycling steel in England that would have consumed domestically produced (and thus less expensive) armor at higher rates than imported armor? This seems like an interesting question in itself!

You can view more Dr. Capwell / Wallace Collection videos in this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLMUtS78ZxryPGtL_vMIeRDZU29ooW4dId

This is a brilliant interview Matt. One, thank you so much organising and going to the lengths to record and share these wonderful interviews with Dr Toby. And second, this interview was incredibly informative for our current project building a Italian made harness for the Western market. Can't wait to get a copy of this book!

Outstanding. Eye-watering shipping to Australia. Ordered anyway 👍🏻

I'd literally just opened Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500 to continue reading when this notification popped up! I have both the other books on order

Visited the wallace collection a few days ago and tried to find Dr Capwell with no luck lol. Amazing museum!

Dr T, the man with the legendary collection. I think he even owns and wears such things too.

2 years ago i was walking across northern Spain and there where a lot of knightly effigies, a lot Italianate but most where different from the main styles i knew.

I can't believe I missed this video when it was first posted, this is fascinating and I need these books

Thanks for the link, just purchased all three from Olympia auctions!

Tobias is the man, hope he puts out as much material as he can & keep finding new ways to publish work. You gents did a great talk here, hoping for more.

Absolutely great collaboration!! I've just ordered book No. 1!! Thank you both!!

This is really great, love these informative conversation episodes you are doing now. This particular episode was interesting not only regarding English armour, but also by providing insight into what a career as a historian involves. I hope you keep doing stuff like this.

Dr. Capwell makes the subject matter interesting. I wish he and Matt would talk about Iberian armour and weapons sometime.

Wow. I could talk to that man for hours.

I would love a similar work on iberian armour (& arms, whilst we're at it), adding to it depictions in art.

These are absolutely fantastic videos Matt but I would suggest investing in a couple of chest mics as the sound is a bit variable in the last few and can't always hear you both well.

Thankyou for the link and the heads-up, I thought I'd missed my chance to get volume 1, but I now have a copy in the post :)

Congratulations Dr. Cowell on completing the series!

I really hope someone (who knows, might be me, I'm currently in University studying history) can publish a definitive book like Dr. Capwell's on Spanish Armor.

Like the subject; love listening to these guys going over the materials ! They enjoy the exploration !!!

Top notch Thank you 🙏

Informative and entertaining as ever. Interesting to hear how Dr Capwells views on the subject have evolved over the years.

Matt, Tobias, Todd and Lindy Beige on a livestream would be possibly the best 37 hours of entertainment ever. Come on Matt, make it happen!

The royal armory in leeds is my favorite, my reasoning is the Mughal Elephant armor. As far as I know it is still the only intact complete elephant armor on public display in the world

I just bought them :-) Thanks to the both of you

I got the opposite advice on my PhD subject. After finishing my master's I was so tired of its subject, and I was talking about it with a friend/colleague and she said "anything you work on for four years with the pressure of a PhD is something you'll get tired about, so choose something you don't love". I didn't follow it, but I did choose something that I didn't love because I love neuro but I wanted something that would be easier to get a job outside academia, because I didn't want to move to another city. But it's not good advice, anyway. A PhD is very different from a master's; I basically didn't choose a theme for my master's and it wasn't a problem, 2 years go by really quickly, but for my PhD, I found myself questioning whether I really wanted to study that, many times. And I did change my theme probably four times (and ended up on the second theme). So yeah, choose something that you love and about which you don't mind spending the next four years reading at least one article each day. And most importantly: do everything as if you didn't have a sponsor. Many of them feel that they are not there to help you do it, they are there to check your work, but they won't tell you that.

I really want you to sell a digital version of these

Great video, Matt! Love your interview videos, especially with Dr. Capwell. Is there any hope of his books eventually becoming available electronically? I'd love to get a copy of all three, but I don't currently have space for large, expensive books that I'd want to keep in as good condition as possible for longevity. I've already got ~1500 books that are a massive pain to own and about triple that amount in digital books that fit on my hard drive. A digital copy would be a welcome option and would, if he cares about that, ensure it would remain available for purchase for decades to come.

This really is a amazing talk about something I have loved to talk about great work

A book about Portuguese or Iberian armor would be amazing, because I want to buy an armor my ancestors might have worn but I haven't found any material about the differences of Iberian armor compared to the rest of Europe...

The over riding message I'm getting from this video is , don't be dogmatic, you will learn more that way. A message that can be taken into all aspects of a happy, balanced life . Sermon over.

I want this on my bookshelf ASAP.

Good stuff, picked up the first two books and pre-ordered the 3rd!

He just needed someone to open a door for him to get it published the way he wanted it done. It is so often about WHOM you know. WHAT you know too often isn't enough.

Has Dr Capwell seen the wall painting from Coventry Charterhouse? It's a partial early 15th century crucifixion scene that features 2 armoured figures. I don't think it has been very well documented so far, as it was only rediscovered fairly recently and isn't normally open to the public. A local charity has been trying to restore the building and develop it as a tourist attraction for a few years, but they've only met with limited success and the building (a former Carthusian monastery) is on the Heritage at Risk register due to a leaky roof. The armoured figures representing the Roman soldiers persecuting Jesus are depicted in a 15th century style and show some details of the armour, as well as clothing worn with it and associated weapons, so might be of interest to him if he's not already seen them (or anyone else with an interest in medieval arms and armour, for that matter). There are also some later, 16th century wall paintings in the same building, dating from its period as an elite residence following the dissolution of the monasteries, which include a pretty detailed portrayal of a 16th century soldier with a sword and shield (possibly anachronistic for the period). Anyway, it's a really great site that could really use more attention, academic and public alike.

Please. Please digitize all three volumes. While that presents its own set of problems, I would be happy to pay any reasonable fee to obtain them. I would love to buy at least one (probably volume 1) if they are still available in stock.

Please do more with tobias

Book 1 is indeed still available, received it a week ago :)

I bought both the first books and I'm in Canada was super expensive I don't understand why book 3 is like 130£ it's gonna cost over 200$ CAD that's more than book 2 was with the 40£ shipping

just ordered Book 1!

New look at medieval history and just 22+ years of study. Ez :] Good job.

Hi Matt, I am wondering if any of these 3 books talk about parade armour. If not do you know of any book that cover specifically parade armours. Thank you.

You hear that Lloyd, going to Tewkesbury with a Gothic armour... Honestly.

I couldn't help it. Bought all three as if I'm made of money.

The mix-and-match aspect of armor that Dr. Capwell talks about here is fascinating. In buhurt, my understanding is that fighters must select a complete armor kit that resembles something that they can document from real history, within a certain time margin. But this aspect may open the door to documenting individual pieces of armor, rather than entire harnesses. I like that because I would like to put together an armor kit ala carte, mixing and matching pieces from different real world harnesses, but the existing mindset in buhurt may have frowned on that. Perhaps no more...

Your content is really great with lots of detail but could you please spring for a mic system that accommodates your guests. If not could you mic your guest instead? 🥺🙏🙏🙏🙏

Question as a RU-vidr. How did you get Dr. Capwells audio so clearly ? It doesnt look like he has his own lavelier Mic? Is it your lavelier Mic? Do you have a directional mic (dont know the proper english term) Your audio is always good by the way. I recently had quite some problems in an interview in a room with suboptimal acustics with a non lavelier mic approach :) Very interesting Video.

This is great stuff. Top shelf.

such a excellent, respected video. Rodge David kidderminster uk 🇬🇧

Thanks for another video

39:35 awesome books man! too bad I too broke to buy anything right now!

Sold! 100 - 1 left of book 1

So is it possible to buy new books of "Book 1 + 3" nowdays? Will there be a reprint or a PDF version?

Just bought books 1 and 2 half way through the video. 🙂

I for one fully support an Armour of the Spanish Knight book or seven.

Are there e-book versions available? That'd be amazing!

Wow, super cool

Why are these books like 35% more for US?

Gauntlets? That rings a bell.

Dr. Capwell: did you find anything that's wrong in your earlier books during the work on the current book? If one works on a topic for a prolonged time, one often finds errors in one own's previous work.

The 1400-1450 book is now sold out.

So there will never be a reprint of these books?

Twice I tried to give this video a thumbs up before realizing I had already done so.

thanks

Thanks!

There r English armor that survived, msotly from Greenwich hemry8 armor.

Hi, are there chances for an electronic version of the books? My space is limited and i have already too much books :-) Ciao

If you look very closely you can see a tiny mouse cursor on Matt's face in this video.

I don't know that much about armor, but I do know a thing or two about books. How are these books, how well are these books bound? On signatures I would hope? Hard back in cloth, please? I've tried contacting the publisher, but they haven't gotten back to me. As a big fan of the analogy technology of the book, but as a person with a reading disability, I much prefer the digital format. So, the obvious question to me is, will this ever become available in a digital format? Let's disperse the knowledge, not just collect it.

Can only upvote once, sadly.

I wonder what Dr Capwell thinks of Lloyd's (Lindybeige) new armor.

What a joy to listen to Dr. Capwell. If you would have equipted him with the good microphone the video would be even more enjoyable. Now, we can here you go..mhh,right, ya in high fidelity but he sounds like talking into void. Thanks anyway for the content.

LOLwe heard it here first….. Armour of the Spanish Knight is next………😊

YEY Toby!

this book will also be available in German?

5:45

I have a book on sword & knife making The complete bladesmith

armour amour

has this guy ever heard of PDF copies?

perfect lol

Never explained why there isn't any surviving examples of English armour 👈😑 Doesn't the black prince's armour count 😕

I do wonder why there is no surviving English armour.

Why is it called "German" armour when Germany became a country in 1871?

So much good content lately. Matt is killing it. Dr. Capwell too.

I love these chats as I feel like I'm attending a conversation between friends about a mutual enthusiasm... And I strongly recommend buying Toby's books ASAP. I saw someone trying to peddle Volume 1 the other day for $750, and they're not even out of print - yet! I think the seller took down their listing, but I think that's an indicator of what we're in for the second they are actually out of print...

Ordered all 3. I lived in North Yorkshire from 2002-2006 and was a member of the Leeds Armory. They used to give monthly weekend classes and offered access to their back room books and equipment. Perhaps I meet Dr Capwell then.