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Medieval Warfare
Medieval Warfare refers to warfare during the Middle Ages (5th – 15th century). This period saw a significant change in military weapons and tactics, with the introduction of gun powder, personal armor, and siege warfare.
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What is the name of the different pieces of armour worn by a medieval knight?
Armor: any protective covering worn upon the body like clothing. This does not include shields. Also a historical word describing an entire set of armor. Medieval sources do not refer to "a suit of armor," but rather "an armor" or "a harness."
Harness is the word used in the Middle Ages that often referred to an entire suit of armor.
Anyway, most "Sets or Suits of armor"... seem to have too many odd pieces, with many names for the same piece... *growls*... that can be made out of any or all of the following materials... metal, wood, textiles, leather, lacquer, Scales, shells, Bones...
Many of the Body Armor components are:
the Aketon, Arming Doublet, or Gambeson (normally cloth, quilted, and worn against the torso, shirt, or tunic.)
the Hauberk, haubergeons or byrnies (the chain mail shirt worn between the Aketon and the Breastplate.)
the Breastplate, Cuirass, or plackard (the piece that's protects the torso.) or "do" in Japanese.
a quilted "coif" in French, or arming cap (that's worn underneath the protective helmet.)
the Helm, or Helmet (armored head protection) or "kabuto" in Japanese.
the Mask (face guard, if not part of the helmet...) or "mempo" in Japanese.
the Camail (neck chain mail),
the Gorget (throat ring or collar),
the Pauldrons or spaulders in French(shoulder guards) or "sade" in Japanese.
the Besagews, roundels (front, armpit protecters... only found on later-period plate armors, mainly for jousting)
the Couter (elbow guards.)
the Bracers, or vambraces in French (forearm guards) or "kote" in Japanese.
the Gauntlets, demi-gauntlets or half Gauntlets (hand guards.)
the Faulds or tassets (upper thigh guards.)
the Chausses, cuisses, greaves or sabatons (thigh guards) or "haidate" in Japanese.
the Poleyns (knee guards)
the Greaves or jambs in French(lower leg guards)
and the Sabatons (foot guards ...generally not found on most armors.)
The underclothing components are most often:
the breeches (cloth or leather pants) or "Hakama" in Japanese.
the jacket, sleeveless jacket, vest, or tunic, (cloth or leather, shirt like item.)
the belt
and any other personal items.
How heavy were knights weapons in middle ages?
Full plate armour would weigh around 70 kilograms. However, the armour was jointed and would allow the user to move freely.
It was designed based around bones because they are completely inflexible and solid but yet have pivot points that allow for free movement.
Swords weigh between 1.5 up to 3 pounds for single-hand swords, longswords weigh 2.5 up to 5 pounds. Warhammers were aropund the single-hand sword weight range.
Daggers as spare backup weapons were only a few ounces.
Use a whetstone, grinder or file. Be sure to wear heavy gloves, and eye protection if your tools are powered.
How do you put a medieval shield on your back?
If you have a belt run it through the handle on the back of your shield and then buckle it. Sling that over a shoulder and across your chest with the shield to the back.
What weapons can cut or pierce chainmail?
Basically chainmail is very effective at deflection, so cuts themselves are very ineffective against it, blunt force trauma is also partially deflected, and piercing strikes can go through chainmail a lot more easily than cuts.
Although certain weapons like greataxes would cause great blunt force trauma behind chainmail, the armour's greatest weakness was always piercing weapons. Sword thrusts, arrows and dagger attacks could all easily penetrate chainmail in the right circumstances.
Why did the Mongols migrate out of their homeland?
they migrated to pooop town in neverland and they rode a unicorn to piggy land
The kanabō (metallic staff) is an iron or steel staff used in feudal Japan (the Samaurai) as a weapon. It was constructed out of heavy oak wood, and covered with some form of metal from the end to the middle, with metal studs along the metal-shod end. Later versions were made entirely out of metal, but shorter. It was this later version that many popular pictures of Japanese demons carry. It was usually a very heavy weapon. When used, the purpose of the kanabō was to smash enemies' armor and break their warhorses' legs. The art of using this cumbersome weapon, kanabō-jutsu, consisted of a mastery of both balance and strength.
What is the function of hedgerows?
Originally just to separate fields, but they proved very resistant to horsemen and cavalry. - And also to Allied soldiers in the Battle of Normandy in WW2
Which two factors contributed to the failure of kubla khan's invasion of japan in 1281?
the kamakura shogunate and a massive typhoon
The wood came from trees, which generally came from forests. Rope was often made of hemp or horse hair. The catapults were too large, slow and unwieldy to be carted from place to place, so they were made on the spot by soldiers, under the direction of skilled engineers. Some of the parts were carted around in wagons, particularly those that require specialised tools or considerable time to make, and others were made at the spot. The commanders would usually make an assessment of the battle or siege and the catapults and other siege weapons would be made to fit the scenario.
What does medieval word undermining mean?
It's a siege tactic. Those laying siege would tunnel to the castle walls and destroy their foundations from under the ground. It was much safer than using a battering ram.
What mode of transportation was used for Mediterranean Sea in medieval times?
All kinds of boats and ships were used.
What is the difference between a corselet and a cuirass?
A corselet is a light cuirass or armor worn to protect the front of the body.
Can a Schiavona sword have a curved blade?
Technically, no. the Schiavona is normally a straight, double-edged blade.
a small minority of them have a single edged blade (a backsword form), but those blades are not curved.
(though of course, its almost inevitable that somewhereout there, in a collection, there's one that is on a curved blade having just said that.... but such is the nature of the history of arms.)
When were crescent firearms used?
Crescent Firearms Co dates back to 1888. George W, Cilley bought out the defunct Bacon Arms Co. of Norwich, Conn. Cilley teamed up with Frank foster and formed the Crescent Fire Arms Co. Cilley and Foster each held firearms patents and both were qualified firearms design and manuafacture. In 1932 the city of Norwich, Conn. took over the Crescent property for back taxes. The Crescent firearms were well respected.
Where were weapons stored in the medieval times?
Medieval weapons were stored in armories. An armory could be a separate building, but could also be just a room in a castle, or at a city wall or other fortification.
Where did the visogoths come from?
The [Visigoths] were a tribe of germanic peoples from the Holy Roman Empire (the unified German states). So your answer would be Germany.
Have a pocket knife and make it sharp or have it sharp.
TIP: Don't supply by scratching on side walk, it won't be sharp enough
Get a stick, not one with green in it, those ones are no good at all, one that has more brownish pale color inside.
Shave the stick from the top, almost the very top, or use a rock, use a metamorphic rock if you don't have a pocket knife.
How would you calculate how far a trebuchet or a catapult would fire a load?
Trebuchet: the vertical distance that the counterweight falls influences the amount of potential energy it has to fling the arm on the opposite side, with the projectile. So too would the distance the counterweight and the projectile are from the rotaional axis. Depends on the mass of both the counterweight and the projectile too.
Catapult: depending on the material used to store energy when tensioned, and the distance of the rotational axis from the projectile.
What stain to use on longbows?
You should probably use a sherry stain that way your longbow will stay with you a lot longer.
How much does a cheap longbow cost?
I don't know about a cheap one, but a good quality modern longbow is Bear brand, and those cost around 300-400 US dollars.
