20-406: Konstam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Angus Konstam (born 1960), Scottish author and historian Anna Konstam (1914–1982), British theatre and film actress Kenneth Konstam (1906–1968), English bridge player Phyllis Konstam (1907–1976), English film actress [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
40-518: A museum. The Tower was engaged in the development, manufacture and storage of a wide variety of weaponry until the Board of Ordnance was abolished in 1855. Thereafter the historic armoury collection remained. Only a small part of this could be displayed, however, and in 1995, much of the artillery collection was moved to Fort Nelson in Hampshire and the following year a new Royal Armouries Museum
60-659: A national museum. The current Director General and Master of the Armouries is Nat Edwards. The Master of the Armoury was responsible for maintaining a store of armour and weapons for use in the event of war and had an office in the Tower of London. The first use of the title was in 1462. The Royal Armouries formerly published the Royal Armouries Yearbook . In 2004, that was superseded by Arms & Armour ,
80-724: A number of maritime subjects. He currently has over 120 books in print, Konstam is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society [FrHistS]. He served a three-year term as the Chair of The Society of Authors in Scotland and has also served on the board of Publishing Scotland , as well as on other heritage-related committees. In addition, Konstam has also been a "talking head" on many cable TV and radio shows, and makes frequent appearances at book festivals and history events. Royal Armouries The Royal Armouries
100-743: A wider audience, The World Atlas of Pirates (2009). In 2019 he published The Pirate World , an adaptation of his 2009 work for the same publisher. Konstam also published a biography of the pirate Blackbeard . In early 2001 he returned to the United Kingdom, and after living in London and then Edinburgh, he returned to Orkney in 2019. He now resides in Herston in South Ronaldsay. Konstam continues to research and write about naval and maritime history. Since 2001 he has written extensively on
120-549: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Angus Konstam Angus Konstam (born 2 January 1960) is a Scottish writer of popular history . Born in Aberdeen , Scotland and raised on the Orkney Islands , he has written more than a hundred books on maritime history , naval history , historical atlases , with a special focus on the history of piracy . Although born in Aberdeen , Scotland , he
140-492: Is the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour . Once an important part of England's military organization, it became 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 Armour, National Artillery Collection, and National Firearms Collection. Originally housed in
160-792: The River Thames near the Tower of London , paid for by the Royal Armouries . While he was working in the Royal Armouries, The Tower and the Kremlin decided to swap exhibits – a "Treasures of the Tower" being shown in Moscow while "Treasures of the Kremlin" came to London. At the same time the curators of both museums were encouraged to exchange information, and to examine each other's collections. This ended up with Konstam studying
180-734: The Tower of London from the 15th century, today the collection is split across three sites: the Tower, the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds , and Fort Nelson near Portsmouth . From 2004 to 2015, a limited selection of items was also on display in Louisville, Kentucky , in the United States, in cooperation with the Frazier History Museum . The Royal Armouries is one of the ancient institutions of
200-411: The surname Konstam . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konstam&oldid=1171682849 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
220-522: The 1620s, swords, lances and items of armour were still used in battle, but for the most part were being issued by the Office of Ordnance (which was becoming a sizeable department of State) rather than by the Armoury. The latter, however, remained staffed and operational until 1671, when it was finally absorbed by the Ordnance Board; the board continued to maintain, and indeed expanded, the Armoury as
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#1732790079760240-594: The 18th century Russian military . A mutual colleague introduced him to a historian working for Osprey Publishing , who turned out to want someone to write a book about Peter the Great 's Army. The result was two small (15,000-word) books which first appeared in 1993 – the first easily accessible account of the foundation of the Russian army to appear in English. Konstam moved to Key West , Florida in 1995 and became
260-986: The Chief Curator in the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum . Mel Fisher was a treasure hunter who found the wreck of the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha off the Florida Keys. One of his jobs during this time was to create traveling exhibits which toured the United States. During the research for a pirate exhibition, he became increasingly interested in the subject of 18th century piracy . He spent six years in Key West and wrote several more books, there, including The History of Pirates (2002) . As he gained more information through his research, he produced Piracy: The Complete History (2008), and then, to reach
280-667: The Royal Navy, during which time he visited many places that would later be written about in his books, including the Caribbean . He also gained useful knowledge of military service, customs, seamanship and navigation during this time. After leaving the service in 1983 he studied for a master's degree at the University of St Andrews . During this time he explored the new field of maritime archaeology and wrote his thesis on early naval artillery . Two decades later this formed
300-633: The Tower of London and was originally engaged in the manufacture of armour for the Kings of England and their armies. The Office of the Armoury grew out of the department known as the King's Privy Wardrobe at the Tower of London in the mid-15th century. Overseen from 1423 by the Master of the King's Armour, and based in the White Tower , the Office was responsible for manufacturing armour and edged weapons for
320-465: The Tower of London. By the time of Charles II , there was a permanent public display there; the "Spanish Armoury" which included instruments of torture and the "Line of Kings"—a row of wooden effigies representing the kings of England. This makes it the first museum in Britain. The influence of the Armoury began to wane as traditional weapons gave way increasingly to firearms in the field of war. In
340-578: The basis for Sovereigns of the Sea , his history of Renaissance warships. He left the navy in 1983, and the following year he began a Master of Letters in Maritime Studies at the University of St Andrews , a course which combined history with maritime archaeology. After completing his Masters thesis on Renaissance Naval Artillery, he found a job in 1985 as a supervisor on an excavation in
360-535: The monarch and his armies; it functioned alongside the Office of Ordnance , which had responsibility for firearms. The Armoury oversaw storehouses and workshops at Woolwich and Portsmouth, and at various royal palaces (most notably the Greenwich Armoury , which specialized in richly decorated ceremonial armour). In 1545, it is recorded that a visiting foreign dignitary paid to view the Armoury collection at
380-574: Was opened in Leeds. The remaining part of the collection relates directly to the Tower. The National Heritage Act 1983 established the Armouries as a non-departmental public body , now sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . The head of the Royal Armouries is known as the Master of the Armouries . This was an ancient office that was revived in 1935 when the Royal Armouries became
400-736: Was raised in the Orkney Islands . In 1978, after leaving Kirkwall Grammar School at the age of 18 he left to join the Royal Navy . After initial officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College , Dartmouth , and undergoing further naval training at sea, he went on to study history at Aberdeen University . During this time he was attached to the Aberdeen University Royal Naval Unit , and its tender, HMS Thornham . After receiving an MA degree, he returned to active service with
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