They were used to protect them selves.
Answer:
Technically the shield was part of the equipment of a fighting man. It allowed protection from sword, spears and arrows. Fighters could also use the edge of the shield as a weapon. For the nobles, the shield also acted as a billboard indicating who they were and their lineage. To do this the face of the shield would be painted with the noble's (or knight's) coat of arms.
what they used to fight was kinives, sheilds, and helmets to protecr their headswhat they used to fight was kinives, sheilds, and helmets to protecr their headsthey also used tridents, nets, spears, bows and swords
lead
Sheilds with Heraldry on them were used to identify soldiers on the battlefield.
Tunnel sheilds are used to hold it up.
Francis Wentworth-Sheilds was born in 1867.
Francis Wentworth-Sheilds died in 1944.
Lead, usually in the form of a vest when dealing with humans.
Alexander Sheilds has written: 'A hind let loose'
The Romans used weaponry like spears, swords, sheilds, helmets, chestplates, and platelegs.
they used sandbags and card board for the sheilds and for building walls around them
The Bayuex Tapestry told historians how weapons were handeled at this time. Such as the over hand use of the lance (not commonly) and the size and shape of the sheilds.
A medieval tannery was used for tanning leather.