Part 1: Armor

By: Allana J. Gilbert

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Mail

• Mail is little rings that are linked together • A shirt made from mail is called hauberk if it is knee

length it is haubergeon • If it is mid thigh and waist length then it is byrnie. • Mail leggings are called chausses. • Mail hoods are called coif and mail mittens are called

mitons. • Mail collar hanging from the helmet is called the

camail or aventail • Mail collar worn strapped around the neck was called

pixane.

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Gauntlet

• Gauntlet is metal gloves that are used to protect the hand if someone tries to cut of your hand or something along those lines.

• They can vary depending on how far up the wrist and forearm they go.

• They also could be made out of leather and flexible fabric.

• Also so in some cases people would use them to drink out of.

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Shield

• The shield is meant to intercept attack or stop an arrow.

• Shields could range from any size and thickness.

• Small shield are for hand to hand combat, where large shields are to protect the whole body from arrows.

• On their shields they painted their family crest on their shields.

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Plate Armor

• Plate armor is used to protect the chest and the lower limbs. • Only rich people or nobles could have them because they were

extreme expensive. • The first plate armor was made of bronze and was worn in

Greece for elite soldiers. • After that iron was used in Europe and the Middle East and was

rare to find back then. • After that steel methods were being used and the plate armor

was made out of steel. • Then people concentrated on making steel stronger and stronger.

• (bullets)

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Scale Armor

• Scale armor consist small pieces of metal then attached to leather

• Sometimes called scale mail• The material that was used to

make armor varied from;bronze, iron, rawhide, leather, horn, and cuir bouilli

• Herodotus had state during the Persian wars that Persians wore tunics with iron scales

• Scale armor was used for blunt attacks

• It as also cheaper to produce than regular plate armor

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Part 2 : Weapons

Mace • Mace’s could be ceremonial clubs • The metal head is made of iron, steel,

bronze, stone, and copper• The head is as heavy or even heavier than

the shaft• If you are a foot soldier used smaller

maces (2 or 3 ft)• Calvary men used longer maces • Maces and flails are not the same

Flail

• A flail is a a bar with a chain

attached (optional ball)• The Germanic people called it

kettenmorgenstern (chain morning star)• Agricultural flails • Modified during the in the 16th century • Some flails would not have anything attached

Lance • Lances were used for

Calvary men • They were used for jousting • They are based on the spear • Usually this type of spear

was not for throwing • Used for fast

Swords

• Swords are a symbol of power the bigger and prettier it is the more powerful you are

• A sword consist of a blade and a hilt • Hilt is the the handle of the sword has the guard, grip

and pommel • Swords are purely used for war• Swords represent war and power• Swords were mainly made of steel • Swords were more popular during the 16th and 17th

century

Battle Ax

• Used occasionally for throwing • Mainly used for clubbing things or people• Used as melee • Is in between 1 to 6 pounds depends on you

weight• 1 to 5 feet long • Could be used as an agricultural utensils

Credits

• http://www.grace-collection.com/medieval-armor.html• http://www.medieval-chain-mail-armor.com/armor-gauntlets.htm• http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/206561• http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm?post=2365225&bhcp

=1#2365225• http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Studded-Mace.jpg• http://www.realmcollections.com/images/p/

Maces__Flails_Flail_2605_122.jpg• http://www.a-work-of art.net/pages/page05c.jpg• http://www.medieval-weaponry.co.uk/acatalog/DX3041Close.jpg