{"id":60553,"date":"2025-08-21T17:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=60553"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:53:48","slug":"a-combat-that-pits-two-different-eras-of-medieval-knights-against-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/21\/a-combat-that-pits-two-different-eras-of-medieval-knights-against-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"A combat that pits two different eras of medieval knights against each other"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the Late Middle Ages, from the 11th to the 15th century, knights' combat clothing underwent a great evolution.<\/p>\n

How would a possible combat between two Roman legionaries and a medieval knight end?<\/a><\/rel>
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Chain mail, which had existed since ancient times, had given way in the 11th and 12th centuries to protections that covered the warrior's entire body<\/strong>. The Christian knights who arrived in the Holy Land with the First Crusade (1095-1099) followed the style of Norman armour with chain mail, open helmet and kite-shaped shield<\/strong>, clothing especially designed for heavy cavalry.<\/p>\n

This armor evolved with the advent of closed helmets in the 12th and 13th centuries and smaller, more manageable shields<\/strong>. At the end of the 13th century, plate armor, already used by the Romans in their famous Lorica segmentata<\/em>, reappeared to protect the legs, evolving from there to the white harness of the 15th and 16th centuries<\/strong>, a steel plate armor that covered the whole body and largely made the shield unnecessary.<\/p>\n

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Today the YouTube channel Dequitem<\/a> has published another of its interesting videos in which we see a historical recreation of a combat between two knights from different periods of the Late Middle Ages<\/strong>, which shows us the evolution of military clothing during that historical period. On the one hand we see a knight wearing chain mail armor, a white surcoat, a closed cylindrical helmet typical of the 13th century<\/strong> and a long shield, but now smaller than the Norman kite-shaped shields. His opponent is a knight wearing full plate armor from the 15th century (the author of the video)<\/strong>, still wearing a chain mail skirt but no longer wearing a shield.<\/p>\n

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Although both armors were designed for heavy cavalry, the 15th-century armor offered an advantage in combat on foot<\/strong>, since it allowed more agile movements than the heavier chain mail and facilitated more elaborate fencing by eliminating the shield.<\/p>\n

Dequitem comments: \"My opponent in high medieval mail and coat of plate is 195 cm and 180 kg in armor.<\/strong> Yes he looks a little bit like Robert Baratheon, but he also have a lot of muscles. We had 5 fights on that day and I defeaded him 4 times. this was his victory on that day<\/strong>, with a very discusting halfsword thrust to his neck. So defenetly not a clean victory, but still a great fight.<\/strong> We had a lot of fun and i am looking forward to fight him again. Next time i will give him one of my war hammers.\"<\/em><\/p>\n