The illustration shows a typical English pikeman’s corselet of the early seventeenth century, at a period when every infantry regiment consisted of musketeers and pikemen in varying proportions.
Armoury. Pikeman’s suit english, early 17th century.
Category: 1626
The story of Catalina de Erauso, the fighting nun lieutenant.
THE story of Catalina de Erauso, the Spanish nun who became famous as a soldier
Peasant from Upper Austria 17th century.
Peasant from Upper Austria 17th century. Upper Austrian farmer from the time of the Austrian Peasant War in 1626. He is armed with a sort of a mace and pistol. The revolt… Read More