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The Lamellenhelm is first attested in eastern Europe in the 5th century, with two specimens found in Kalkni and Kerch. [5] It was one of three primary designs of helmets that proliferated throughout 6th- and 7th-century Europe; the others were the spangenhelm and the northern crested helmet. [6]
The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial.It was buried around the years c. 620–625 AD and is widely associated with an Anglo-Saxon leader, King Rædwald of East Anglia; its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin to a crown.
Roman ridge helmet (Berkasovo I), early 4th century AD. Made of iron and sheathed in silver-gilt, it is decorated with glass gems. From the "Berkasovo treasure", Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad . The Late Roman ridge helmet was a type of combat helmet of Late Antiquity used by soldiers of the Late Roman army. It was characterized by the ...
Evidence indicates that helmets were never common in Anglo-Saxon England, [109] although their usage may have increased by the eleventh century. [107] Cnut the Great issued an edict in 1008 which required that warriors in active service possess a helmet. [107] In that same year, Aethelred the Unready ordered the manufacture of helmets. [4]
The decoration mainly reflects the 5th century Early Style of Celtic Art, but some motifs are characteristic of the Waldalgesheim style of the 4th century, [11] The central panel designs show similarities to the Waldalgesheim bracelets. [1] This indicates that the helmet was made in the first half of the 4th century.
By the 6th century it was the most common helmet design in Europe and in popular use throughout the Middle East. However, helmets of the spangenhelm type were used much longer. Some of the nasal helmets depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry from the 11th century appear to be built as a Spangenhelm construction.
Shorwell helmet The Shorwell helmet Material Iron Created 500–550 AD Discovered 2004 Shorwell, Isle of Wight Present location British Museum, London Registration 2006,0305.67 The Shorwell helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet from the early to mid-sixth century AD found near Shorwell on the Isle of Wight in southern England. It was one of the grave goods of a high-status Anglo-Saxon warrior, and ...
The Sutton Hoo helmet, an Anglo-Saxon helmet from the early 7th century. Climatic conditions in Western Europe began to improve after 700. [3] [28] In that year, the two major powers in western Europe were the Franks in Gaul and the Lombards in Italy. [29] The Lombards had been thoroughly Romanized, and their kingdom was stable and well ...