Christopher Gravett
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Christopher Gravett is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

 specialising in the military history
Military history
Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships....

 of the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, with an interest in the arms and armour
Armour
Armour or armor is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action...

 of the period.

Gravett has written a number of books and acts as an advisor for film and television projects. He is senior curator at the Royal Armouries
Royal Armouries
The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's National Museum of Arms and Armour. It is the United Kingdom's oldest museum, and one of the oldest museums in the world. It is also one of the largest collections of arms and armour in the world, comprising the UK's National Collection of Arms and...

, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.

Selected works

  • (1985) German Mediaeval Armies, 1300-1500, Osprey Publishing
    Osprey Publishing
    Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of...

    , ISBN 0850456142
  • (1993) The Norman Knight, 950-1204 AD, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1855322870
  • (1997) Medieval German Armies, 1000-1300, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1855326574
  • (1999) Bosworth 1485: Last Charge of the Plantagenets, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1855328631
  • (2000) Hastings 1066, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841761338
  • (2001) The History of Castles: Fortifications Around the World, Lyons Press, ISBN 1585744352
  • (2002) English Medieval Knight 1300-1400, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841761451
  • (2002) English Medieval Knight 1200-1300, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841761443
  • (2003) Towton 1461: England's Bloodiest Battle, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841765139
  • (2003) Tewkesbury 1471: The Last Yorkist Victory, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841765147
  • (2003) Norman Stone Castles: British Isles 1066-1216, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 184176602X
  • (2004) Norman Stone Castles (2): Europe 950-1204, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841766038
  • (2006) The Normans: Warrior Knights and Their Castles, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1846030889
  • (2006) Castles and Fortifications from Around the World, Thalamus Publishing, ISBN 1902886089
  • (2006) Tudor Knight, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841769703
  • (2007) The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277-1307, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1846030277

Children's books

  • (2002) Eyewitness Guides: Castle, Dorling Kindersley
    Dorling Kindersley
    Dorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group....

    , ISBN 075134740X
  • (2003) Eyewitness Guides: Knight, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0751367567
  • The World of the Medieval Knight,

Collaborations

with David Nicolle
David Nicolle
David C. Nicolle is a British historian specialising in the military history of the Middle Ages, with a particular in the Middle East....

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  • (2006) The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles, Osprey Publishing
    Osprey Publishing
    Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of...

  • (2006) Battles of the Middle Ages, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0275988376
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