Cause they felt like it
Yes. Knights had swords. Also they hadarrows, shields, chain mail and armor.
The Bayeux Tapestry shows many examples of Norman horsemen's typical wear. The standard armor for them was a knee length mail shirt. Chain mail is a type of armor made up of tiny interwoven metal chains.
Yes.
Knights' mail was made out of iron rings. When the knights progreesed to plate armor, it was made of still plates sewn together. The Steel got better in quality over the ages, especially when firearms came to Europe.
We do not know who invented chain mail, or even where it was invented. There is a link below to an article on chain mail, but I can only hope it can help.
Chain mail
Yes. Knights had swords. Also they hadarrows, shields, chain mail and armor.
Shirts.
Armor is a 5-letter word starting with A that means "mail," as in chain mail armor worn by medieval knights.
Knights would clean their chain mail armor in a barrel filled with sand and vinegar. The sand would help scrub off dirt and grime, while the vinegar would help remove rust and disinfect the armor.
It was made for them by a man who made armor, chain mail, and the leather jerkins that went with it. This man was usually a Blacksmith.
Chain Mail
knights wear armor such as mail that protects their upper half
well pretty much the 1st kind of armor was leather (hardened animal skin or in other words "hide") then chain mail (chain mails are the kind of armors that are made of rings bound together) then metals like the armor people would usually think would be what knights armor is made out of. -Alex M.-
The Bayeux Tapestry shows many examples of Norman horsemen's typical wear. The standard armor for them was a knee length mail shirt. Chain mail is a type of armor made up of tiny interwoven metal chains.
Knights wear armor to protect their bodies from weapons and injury during battle. Armor is typically made of metal plates or chain mail and covers the knight's torso, arms, and legs.
There is no real answer to this question as the attire varied in names based on what you wore. Chain mail, leather armor, plate mail, scale mail etc. The best reference that I can come up with is renaissance clothing.