Part 1: Armor

1. Part 1: Armor By: Allana J. Gilbert

2. Mail • Mail is little rings that are linked together • A shirt made from mail is called hauberk if it is knee length it is haubergeon • If it is mid thigh and waist length then it is byrnie. • Mail leggings are called chausses. • Mail hoods are called coif and mail mittens are called mitons. • Mail collar hanging from the helmet is called the camail or aventail • Mail collar worn strapped around the neck was called pixane.

3. Gauntlet • Gauntlet is metal gloves that are used to protect the hand if someone tries to cut of your hand or something along those lines. • They can vary depending on how far up the wrist and forearm they go. • They also could be made out of leather and flexible fabric. • Also so in some cases people would use them to drink out of.

4. Shield • The shield is meant to intercept attack or stop an arrow. • Shields could range from any size and thickness. • Small shield are for hand to hand combat, where large shields are to protect the whole body from arrows. • On their shields they painted their family crest on their shields.

5. Plate Armor • Plate armor is used to protect the chest and the lower limbs. • Only rich people or nobles could have them because they were extreme expensive. • The first plate armor was made of bronze and was worn in Greece for elite soldiers. • After that iron was used in Europe and the Middle East and was rare to find back then. • After that steel methods were being used and the plate armor was made out of steel. • Then people concentrated on making steel stronger and stronger. • (bullets)

6. Scale Armor • Scale armor consist small pieces of metal then attached to leather • Sometimes called scale mail • The material that was used to make armor varied from;bronze, iron, rawhide, leather, horn, and cuir bouilli • Herodotus had state during the Persian wars that Persians wore tunics with iron scales • Scale armor was used for blunt attacks • It as also cheaper to produce than regular plate armor

7. Part 2 : Weapons

8. Mace • Mace’s could be ceremonial clubs • The metal head is made of iron, steel, bronze, stone, and copper • The head is as heavy or even heavier than the shaft • If you are a foot soldier used smaller maces (2 or 3 ft) • Calvary men used longer maces • Maces and flails are not the same

9. Flail • A flail is a a bar with a chain attached (optional ball) • The Germanic people called it kettenmorgenstern (chain morning star) • Agricultural flails • Modified during the in the 16th century • Some flails would not have anything attached

10. Lance • Lances were used for Calvary men • They were used for jousting • They are based on the spear • Usually this type of spear was not for throwing • Used for fast

11. Swords • Swords are a symbol of power the bigger and prettier it is the more powerful you are • A sword consist of a blade and a hilt • Hilt is the the handle of the sword has the guard, grip and pommel • Swords are purely used for war • Swords represent war and power • Swords were mainly made of steel • Swords were more popular during the 16th and 17th century

12. Battle Ax • Used occasionally for throwing • Mainly used for clubbing things or people • Used as melee • Is in between 1 to 6 pounds depends on you weight • 1 to 5 feet long • Could be used as an agricultural utensils

13. Credits • http://www.grace-collection.com/medieval-armor.html • http://www.medieval-chain-mail-armor.com/armor-gauntlets.htm • http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/206561 • http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm?post=2365225&bhcp=1#2365225 • http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Studded-Mace.jpg • http://www.realmcollections.com/images/p/Maces__Flails_Flail_2605_122.jpg • http://www.a-work-of art.net/pages/page05c.jpg • http://www.medieval-weaponry.co.uk/acatalog/DX3041Close.jpg