"Now Thrive the Armorers": Arms and Armor in Shakespeare: Swords and Shakespeare

Armor curator Jeffrey Forgeng shows how changes in weapons and military tactics influenced some of Shakespeare's most famous plays. The video complements Folger Shakespeare Library's exhibition Now Thrive the Armorers: Arms and Armor in Shakespeare. For more information, please visit https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Now_Thrive_the_Armorers:_Arms_and_Armor_in_Shakespeare

Military art and science

speaker: Forgeng, Jeffrey L.

Encoding format: video/mp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vb-k5XtwM