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  • ...nificant protective armour such as [[plate armour|plate]], [[mail (armour)|mail]] or a [[brigandine]]. Vulnerable targets like the head and upper torso are
    1,010 bytes (155 words) - 17:17, 21 September 2012
  • ...art Oakeshott]] introduced it in his ''The Archeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry'' 1960. ...ar in the mid-13th century, probably designed to counter the improved mail armour of the time, and the predecessor of the later longswords. The earliest know
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  • ...horse and foot. It begins here with Mr. Johann Liechtenauer's fence in the mail coat. This he has put down in secret words. That stands now laid out and ex ...in the knee pits, between the legs and on all the limbs, where the coat of mail joins inside. Because these are the best place in which to strike him. And
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  • <section begin="1"/>'''Of Battling and Fencing in Armour on Foot, Shortly Described''' ...s on his right arm rail<ref>orig. ''Armschiene'' - seemingly a part of the armour</ref> on his right arm to which arm they were assigned.<ref>orig. ''geordin
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  • ...or this to be done, one must arm the body with good corporeal and material armour, and provide oneself with suitable weapons, like the axe, light lance, dagg ...ou can draw back your ''queue'', hitting against the side of his with your mail, or stepping behind him and hitting at his head.</p>
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  • ...their general uses, as well as a separate chapter dedicated to the coat of mail. # The coat of mail.
    77 KB (13,797 words) - 18:05, 21 February 2022
  • ...orse and foot.}} It begins here with Mr Johann Liechtenauer's fence in the mail coat. This he has put down in secret words. That stands now laid out and ex <p>When two fight together in coats of mail, then each of them will have three different weapons: A spear, a sword and
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  • ...ierce his Corſlet with the point? can they vnlace his Helmet, vnbuckle his Armour, hew aſunder their Pikes with a ''Stocata'', a ''reuerſa'', a ''Dritta'', ...sort, a pair of gauntlets upon their hands,{{ref|5|5}} and a good shirt of mail upon their bodies.
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