The Crusades And The Battle Dress Of The Medieval Warrior

We've all learned about the crusades in HistoryChainmail in general was also much lighter than
class. But just in case you fell asleep or weren'tplate armor and provided a greater freedom of
quite listening, here is a quick overview. Themovement. Chainmail leggings was also usually
Crusades were a series of military expeditions toworn as well, which was made out of the same
the Middle East from 1096 to 1291 ad. They werematerial. Over the chainmail a surcoat was often
launched because they believed the Holy Land ofworn. This was usually white or black in color and
the Israelites were in the hands of unbelievers,had a crusader cross sewn on the front of it.
mainly the Muslims.During traveling, a cloak may have been worn as
The main objective was the city of Jerusalem, towell, and this also bore the cross sign on it.The
recapture it from the Muslims. Now that you'velast main item was that quite common for many
had a quick lesson on the crusades, let us go intosoldiers was the crusader helmet and the sugar
the battle cress and armor of the Crusaderloaf helmet.
knights who made that long voyage to the HolyCrusader medieval helmets were signified by the
Land. Though there were many different types offlat top and crusader cross, often times
attire for the soldiers, one of the main ones wasembossed on with brass, on the front of the
a standard chainmail armor battle dress. Thishelmet going down the center. This was probably
usually consisted of a full length/full sleevesthe only "armor" item that the soldiers wore, as
chainmail made out of riveted/flat ringeverything else was cloth, leather, and chainmail.
combination. This was the strongest form ofOccasionally, a chainmail coif (or hood) was worn
chainmail available and it provided the mostin stead of the helmet.
protection as well.