Karen Watts

Karen Watts is Senior Curator of European Armour at the Royal Armouries Museum based in Leeds.

General areas of interest:

Medieval and Renaissance armour
Medieval dress and textiles
Medieval to modern fine art
Medieval to modern French military history

Current areas of interest:

Tournaments and chivalry
Wire-drawing
The Bayeux Tapestry
Arms and armour in/as art
Mannerist armour
The Knights of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, Malta.

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