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knights wore metal armor which was very hard to carry on because it weighed many pounds!
Cause they felt like it
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.
The full body type armor for knights fell out of general use long before the 1900s, but some European heavy cavalry units continued to use breast and back plates into the early 1900s. If you image-google "WW1 body armor", you'll see some examples. Soldiers and policeman still wear helmets and body armor like bulletproof kevlar vests.
Yes. Knights had swords. Also they hadarrows, shields, chain mail and armor.