| The wearing of chain mail and body armor
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| | prevalent and effective type of body
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| has been an effective means of protection
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| | armament. Maile weighed about the same as
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| in combat and war for centuries. Its use
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| | full body plate style. The average weight
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| dates back to the Greeks and early roman
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| | was about 45 - 55 pounds. However, a well
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| empire where warriors and legionnaires
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| | made suit of plate armour was more
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| donned metal plate and mail armour. The
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| | comfortable to the wearer because it
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| medieval era knights are most remembered
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| | could be more evenly distributed over
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| for their elaborate and battle shields in
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| | their body. It was always worn with
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| brilliant colors. But a knight's armour
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| | padding and protective clothing to
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| was more that protection. It reflected
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| | further protect and insulate from the
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| his status and lifestyle. The quality of
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| | heat and cold. The mid fourteen century
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| the armour was as important and the
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| | was the period wear knights wore both
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| overall look and the battle efficiency.
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| | type of body armour. During this time
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| Indeed it was a fashion statement also.
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| | period, it was difficult for the warrior
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| The evolution of chain maile and armour
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| | to get back up on if knocked down due the
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| through the Maximilian era was a direct
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| | combined weight of the plate and the
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| response to improvement in weaponry of
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| | maille. By the early fifteenth century,
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| the time. As weapons became more
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| | most all body armament was plate as the
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| sophisticated, so did the thickness of
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| | designs and flexibility improved. A mid
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| the battle shields and the armour of the
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| | sixteenth century knight in full plate
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| knight. Most had to not only be effective
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| | armour was surprisingly agile due to
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| against attack but also flexible and
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| | proper fit on the wearer.
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| agile.
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| | The onset of the modern gun spelled the
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| The period of plate armour runs from
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| | swan song for full body armament although
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| about the early 1300's to about the mid
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| | body armour is worn even today in a more
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| to late 1500's. During this medieval time
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| | modern form such as kevlar (tm) vests and
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| period the evolution went from a few
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| | such. Even still we romanticize this
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| pieces of plate to entire suits of highly
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| | period of European history. The medieval
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| crafted works of art in metal. Prior to
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| | knight is well engrained in our minds and
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| this time, chain mail was the most
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| | impressions of the medieval period.
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