Among all the gold products in this treasure, Yang Jing estimated that this pair of gold armor was the most precious.
This armor was not like this just now, but scattered among these gold products, George Bruce was very careful, he found a helmet and an armguard, so he put these two things aside, and continued to pack up other gold products, as a result, he found the cuirass, leg guards, shoulder pads, and abdominal armor one after another, and finally after picking it up, it turned out to be a complete pair of gold armor.
This is real gold armor, not comparable to the so-called golden armor of Europe, but armor made of gold!
Armor was very popular in Europe and Asia when cold weapons were used in ancient times.
However, the armor that has been handed down to this day is far less in East Asia than in Europe.
In Europe, there are a few so-called "golden armors" that are particularly famous and valuable.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England, Sir James Scadmore, a well-known courtier and general in the Elizabethan dynasty, created a set of "golden armor" from Greenwich in 1585.
Although this set of armor bears the name "gold", it is actually gilded with etched steel, and it is partially gilded.
Another set of armor is from the 16th century in Germany, named the Duke of Saxony Weimar and Johann Wilhelm's race armor.
As the name suggests, this set of armor that has survived to this day was used by two people.
In fact, the owner of this suit was the Duke of Weimar of Saxony, but the user was John William, the Duke's subordinate.
Cast in Augsburg in 1565, the main materials are etched steel, gold, copper, textiles and leather, and the main body of the armor is steel, partially gilded, but it is now also known as "gold armor".
There is also a set of gold armor, also from England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
George Clifford, the third Earl of Cumberland in England at that time, was a general who could conquer and fight, this armor was his combat equipment, in 1586, under the direction of the English armor master Jacob Holder, it was made by the Greenwich royal workshop, the main materials were etched steel and gold, the fine patterns and ornate decorations represented the highest level of English royal armor making, which was very precious.
This armor is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and its name is the armor of George Clifford, the Earl of Cumberland.
This set of armor is also made of etched steel and partially gilded.
Of course, in addition to these three sets of famous gold armor, there is also an even more famous set of gold armor, which is a set of imperial armor, from the famous Ferdinand I.
Ferdinand I was the Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty, he was the Habsburg Emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary and Bohemia.
Ferdinand I was a military emperor, and his armor was made in 1549.
Unfortunately, this famous set of imperial armor is also etched steel and partially gilded.
But even the etched steel is gilded or partially gilded, and these sets of gold armor from the 16th century are priceless.
And what about the golden armor in front of you?
It's made of gold, not the partially gilded armor.
And this set of armor has a very obvious seventeenth-century Spanish armor style, Yang Jing studied in the United Kingdom, he had seen Spanish armor in many British museums, so he still knows a lot about Spanish-style armor.
Moreover, the ornate style of this suit of armor is not comparable to the armor used by ordinary warriors, this is obviously a set of ceremonial armor, which is not worn during battle, but when major ceremonies are held.
Therefore, this set of gold armor should also be a set of imperial armor!
Gege stood beside Yang Jing, looked at this set of assembled golden armor, and said with a surprised expression on his face: "This set of armor is really beautiful, is it made of gold?"
” Yang Jing smiled and nodded, "That's right, this is a set of armor made of pure gold. ” "Isn't that the Golden Vestment?
The golden holy clothes worn by the golden warriors of the zodiac in "Saint Seiya"?
Gege got excited, and said "ah" like a child, "Eat me with a lightning light speed punch!"
” Yang Jing grinned and caught Gege's small fist and hugged her waist, "Do you still like to watch "Saint Seiya"?"
” "Well, when I was a child, I liked to watch it, and I liked the Leo Gold Saint Seiya Aioria in it the most.
It's a pity that although this set of golden armor is very beautiful, it is still not as beautiful as the golden holy clothes. ” "Haha, what's going on in your head?
This is the golden armor in reality, not the clothes in the cartoon.
However, in terms of value, this set of gold armor is not necessarily worse than the golden holy clothes. ” "Huh?
So powerful?
Gege looked shocked, obviously not believing Yang Jing's words.
Although this armor is also made of gold, how can it be compared to the golden holy clothes?
” Yang Jing smiled and touched Gege's hair and said: "If I am not mistaken, this set of gold armor should have been specially created by the Spanish colonists in Central and South America and given to King Philip V of Spain, who had just ascended the throne at that time, this should be a set of imperial gold armor." ” "Imperial Golden Armor?
So powerful?
Gege's face was thoughtful, "If it is a pair of imperial armor, then the value of this set of gold armor is really difficult to measure."
But how do you know it's a pair of imperial armor?
” "How do I know?
Hehe, it's very simple, I judged it based on the provenance and time of this golden armor. ” After a pause, Yang Jing pointed to this set of gold armor and said: "First of all, let's talk about the source, this set of gold armor was found from the Bazalomew pirate treasure hidden by Boardman, and according to the information, this treasure is very likely to be something seized by Bathalomew when he looted the port of Trebasi in 1720, so this set of armor can basically be judged to be something looted from the port of Trebasi." ” "Secondly, this set of gold armor has a distinctly late seventeenth-century style of Spanish armor, but this set of armor is clearly a ceremonial armor, and it is also made of gold, and at that time, only the most powerful Spanish kings had the right and qualification to wear this set of gold armor.
Although Spain was in decline at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Spanish state was still the most powerful in Europe. ” Gege nodded, "I know this, it seems that Spain was completely decayed during that period because of the death of Carlos II, and because of the death of Carlos II, the powerful Spanish Habsburg Dynasty completely collapsed, and the successor Philip V completely tossed the powerful Spain apart."
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From then on, Britain began the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets. ” "Well, yes, that's it."
Yang Jing nodded in affirmation, "In 1700, Carlos II died, which triggered a fourteen-year war of succession to the Spanish throne.
Carlos II was the emperor of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, the most powerful in Europe at that time, and he had no heirs, and as soon as he died, the Spanish throne became a favorite in the hearts of European emperors. ” At that time, Britain had already begun to rise strongly, and at the same time, France, under the leadership of Louis XIV, occupied Pondicherry and other places in India, Madagascar in Africa, and in North America, in addition to continuing to strengthen its colonial rule in Canada, established a vast colony of Louisiana in the Mississippi River Valley.
With so many colonies, King Louis XIV became arrogant and built a lot of construction in the country, including the construction of the magnificent palace of Versailles and the opening of huge gardens, and showed his unlimited authority with extravagance; The French were not allowed to have a faith other than Catholicism in order to fulfill his dream that there could be only 'one king, one law, one God' in France.
Externally, Louis XIV was ambitious and sought to expand his territory, with the following objectives: to develop outward in the northeast of France in order to obtain a natural frontier that could be easily attacked and defended; Place a prince of the Bourbon royal family on the throne of Spain to expand French power and control Spain's overseas colonies. ” Thus, the ambitious, or rather ambitious, Louis XIV also began to covet the position of king of Spain.
Of course, he was not qualified to be king of Spain, but one of his dukes did. ” Gege said with a smile: "At that time, the relationship between the major royal families in Europe was very chaotic.
This is true even now. ” Yang Jing smiled: "That's right, it is precisely for this reason that this led to the fourteen-year war of succession to the Spanish throne.
After the death of Carlos II in 1700, because he had no son, he made a will before his death, passing the throne to Philip, Duke of Anjou, grandson of King Louis XIV of France, but stipulated that France and Spain could not be combined.
In 1701 the King of France proclaimed Philip King of Spain, called Philip V, and invaded the Netherlands.
However, the Austrian Emperor Leopold I tried to let his second son, Archduke Charles, inherit the throne of Spain, and at the same time, Britain could not tolerate France's domination of Europe, so it formed an anti-French alliance with the Netherlands to support Archduke Charles of Austria to inherit the Spanish throne.
It was also joined by Prussia, the German princely states, Portugal and Savoy.
Spain and the electors of Bavaria and Cologne allied themselves with France.
War broke out in March 1701, with the main battlefields in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain. ” "Anyway, after fourteen years of war, people's brains have become dog brains, and in the end, no one took advantage of the fighting, and a large number of soldiers died.
Eventually, however, Philip V became king of Spain. ” "Does that have anything to do with this set of golden armor?"
Gege still didn't understand.
"Quite simply, Philip V's royal power was only recognized by European countries in 1714, and it had just ended a fourteen-year war, and there was a lot of opposition in Spain, and it took six years for Philip V to put the opposition to the table, that is, Philip V did not really sit on the throne of the king of Spain until 1720.
And this set of armor should be a set of gold armor made of gold mined from gold mined from the Americas by the Spanish colonists in the Americas in order to appease Philip V, and then prepared to give it to Philip V as a gift, but he didn't want to be served by Bacharlomew Roberts in Trebasi Port!
Eventually, this is where the armor comes in. ”