hi and welcome to our next episode and
the last episode in our short series
about medieval warriors
in us the 15th century the Middle Ages
is slowly coming to an end and what
we're facing is an amazing time of great
change regarding the arms and armors so
if you want to know what plain armor
looked like and how it was worn come
with us we'll show you so much for the
13th century ladies and gentlemen what
happens however in the beginning of the
14th century one hundred years later is
a very quick and abrupt change in the
field of metal processing the Smiths
having made big helmets like this one
have come to a conclusion that actually
you can cover the whole body of the
warrior with metal so in other words
Full Metal Jacket
what they learned was to make large
sheets of metal used to make the so
called blade armor initially only
elements were employed like shin
protections elbow protections are
initially made of boiled leather with
metal elements only to be replaced by
completely fully metal armor so what
we're going to do now is abolish certain
myths associated with blade armor people
might tell you that it's weighed a
hundred kilograms or that the Knights
have to be hoisted up in the air to be
put into saddle well
as a matter of fact a period we're
talking about now is the very beginning
of the fifteenth century the times of
the Battle of Tannenberg for example
1410 or for those more acquainted with
the English or French history the Battle
of Agincourt 1415 this is roughly the
type of a period armor used in those
days so well what I'm gonna do remove
this and get dressed and become a little
can of sardines for you and well no
talking let's start doing
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well as you can see the gambeson changes
as well it's much shorter than before
why because of the steel legs right we
don't need one up till the knee anymore
and again which has not gone out of
fashion it's still very much used
especially around the areas where you're
not covered so let's put it on
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shorter is easier to carry so I'm glad
because of these changes okay my noble
Squire can you please at first we're
going to protect my legs while sitting
on horseback
they're pretty vulnerable anyway
it's telling the truth and Knights would
never go to combat alone he would go
armed well he would never go into combat
alone would probably go with uh two or
three men who would be armed with
crossbows and with swords and would
protect him in case he was in danger
tonight was pretty hard to kill actually
because he was the equivalent of our
modern Special Forces very well armed
what's more he started to train how to
kill people at a very early age usually
it was the age of seven so by the time
he was roughly twenty he was very hard
to kill so Knights would die very seldom
on the battlefield they would usually be
taken captive they would usually be
taken hostage for ransom
it was much more it paid much more to
take a night hostage than to simply kill
him
because of the money
the exception that was made in 1410
during the Battle of Tannenberg through
tonic water was made by King Otis
Tokugawa who said take no prisoners
I wants to destroy the power of the
order so during that time not many
prisoners were taken
most people were simply executed on the
battlefield this was an exception to the
gambeson
series of which prevented
the fall off
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the series of
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well
matter of fact these farmers were not
purchased in an armored shop
Smith's forged
for an individual knife done with the
well tailored suit
if not be extremely uncomfortable to
live
so every single night
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well we got something here which is a
breastplate a very early version of a
breastplate which consists of metal
elements covered in leather so this is
like a 14th century invention which
makes it pretty easy to move around as
well this moves but what we gonna do I'm
not gonna put this one on I'm gonna put
on it later much more safe much more
flashy and glamorous and I think it
looks cool on me this is this funny
shape it's constructed especially to
protect tonight against the blows of
ants it protrudes to the front so in
case uh let's get stuck in it it doesn't
actually hit the ribs this triangular
element here prevents the last from
hitting the face usually moves to the
side and it finishes right here so I can
fend while sitting in the saddle it's
all for horse riding this kind of armor
was not used for foot gum unless you
fell off the horse of course I thought
you were
shoulder-pads the pauldrons in other
words
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yeah again it took time to dress an eye
doctor it took time to get dressed and
that's why and nights never went to war
without a squire it's virtually
impossible to get dressed up on yourself
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now legends have been told about these
armors wearing a hundred kilograms and
well nice being hoisted up in the air
into the saddle well this is a battle
armor not a tournament time the armors
that were supposed to be heavy for the
16th century tournament armors which in
which you couldn't really move well this
is this is not used for tournament this
is used for battles so in this case a
knight had to move around easily
so this armor could not be too heavy
could not be it could not limit your
movements what's more these armors were
very light in fact asked for metal armor
naturally because the steel used back
then was of a slightly different texture
than today it was beaten flat by a
hammer not by machines so it was a
little bit more porous a little bit
the weight could what's known as Vegas
today so I got my shoulder blade
shoulders soft shoulder pads with the
pole trans fat dog well anything else
and a sword the interesting thing about
the sword which I'm being given now is
its construction
unlike the earlier blades this one is
much thinner and the tip of the sword is
very sharp
why because apart from the irregular
slashing it was used for thrusts more
and more thrusts and less slashing
because of the armour tell me what did
you give me a nice little thrust in
between the plates you can kill this you
can even rip through the chainmail if
you're strong enough so again more
thrusts less slashes this sword is
likely to evolve into a rapier in the
next 200 years
upwards will not all right what I'm
going to have now is
yes this is an element of chivalric this
signifies Petrakis noble knights apart
from us first is one of the most
important elements of a nice dress
pretty heavy
a little cup savant
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so far I can survive it doesn't weigh me
down too much you see what I can do in
it it's all done
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so what makes this helmet much better on
the quad helmet is the Pfizer you can
lower it or you can lift it so now I can
see the whole view of the battlefield
without having my face covered again the
shape is important the lance while
hitting the face goes through the side
that's why it looks a bit like a mouth
of a dog the Germans call it hood cougar
which means the dog's mouth play names
but a very useful it's kept the helmet
read and the gauntlets ladies and
gentlemen these are the gloves the
gauntlets use
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masterpiece of a Smits and the shield
this is much smaller than it used to be
much shorter I don't need to have a big
kite shield back before because my legs
are being well protected put the rest of
the armor and so this is about enough it
favors the coat of arms here a
description and Balto and now I'm ready
to go for combat so thank you very much
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