The EVOLUTION of Medieval Armor
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- Follow the evolution of medieval armor from chainmail through to full plate armor with the Teutonic Knights (1197 - 1410) and discover how swords, axes and spears were used to take down fully armored knights!
Joel gives a talk at the Abbey Medieval Festival 2022, the biggest annual reenactment festival in Australia, with the Teutonic Knights of the Knights Empire Germanica (KEG) telling the story of arms and armor through the history of the order.
Special thanks to Sarah Keenan, Adrian Harvey, Joel Vind-Ans Toombs, Jordan Keenan and Brad Lorenz from the KEG group for being willing volunteers!
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Biggest pet peeve in movies: Swords, Spears, Daggers, and Axes punch right through plate armor.
I hate that too. Why would armor even be worn if an axe, let alone a dagger or sword could punch through it. Plate armor could protect from early guns a good 90% of the time and crossbow bolts just as well.
In Got. A guy explains the broad sword was designed to pierce through plate armour. Was that wrong?
@@LivPoxleitner probably not. Bronze is orders of magnitude softer than steel, and plate armor would have been made of bronze when it was invented. Couldn't pierce through steel plate though, so I hope it doesn't do that in got.
@@LivPoxleitner if the armor is made of steel, then yes. If not, then no.
The femoral artery is in the thigh, along the femur. The carotid artery is on either anterior aspect of the throat, behind the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
So it is, and thankyou for the correction. That said you'd be pretty dead if you got to the carotid artery through the groin 😄
And it must be said, what a beautifully written explanation too
@@IronCrownWorkshop Absolutely, just ask Vlad the Impaler.
@@IronCrownWorkshop I am a licensed embalmer who specializes in facial reconstruction as well as a full-contact medieval combatant. I sort of need to know where things are in the body for both hobby and profession.
@@AneurysmHooks That is absolutely brilliant! That's badass! Great to have you on the channel and thankyou for taking time to give your input!
This young man is a fantastic speaker.
Its amazing how the Teutonic knights started from nothing that the 4th Grandmaster prayed to God he would rather lose one of his eyes if he could properly equip 7 knights. By the time of tannenberg they had mustered about 25,000 men and knights with many great castles and forts.
And got absolutely smashed
@@twonstary6128happens to them all eventually. Still sick
full armor warfare is horrifying i cant even begin to imagine how terrifying and sick those men were in a time when killing had to be so personal there's a lot less attachment killing someone from 300-400 yards away.
I heard they liked war and killing
I prefer that to modern war because shooting from far away is cowardly, no wonder archers were hated back then, also bombs and nukes didn't exist then, less dangerous
Blown away by your knowledge and delivery. Keen to see more.
As long as you weren't blown down by it all haha. Thankyou for the kind words sir
@@IronCrownWorkshop Could you cover gallóglaigh battle dress
@@IronCrownWorkshop Hey, could you say the source of music you used at the start of the video? I remember it’s from a game but not sure what. I played it and recognise it from somewhere.
OMFG that dudes visor closing on his face at 0:09 LOL
Awesome presentation. Defiantly going to the Medieval Festival this year!
I`m from Kyiv Ukraine. We have ancient heritage of Kyiv Rus all around us and i`m in it all the time, but still it was very interesting. Thank you) Subscribed
Nice
I’m from United States. Ukraines history is that of delusional statehood and nazi complicity. You literally have statues of nazis in your country
Kiev Rus*
*Kiev
Kyiv. it's their city, they call it that way, it's kyiv@@scythianrabbit3977
Thanks for educating us brother. well done!
Just found out your channel and as a fellow teutonic knight's descendant i'm loving it. Keep up the good work
Thank you! Gott mit uns
Fun fact: Later periods saw the use of fully encapsulating Mail trunks (shorts basically) along with matching gambeson undergarments and a fully enclosed cuisse (upper leg plates) seen on many armored fighters not on horseback that effectively cut off your ability to stab or cut at any bits below the belt. And if the Knight or man at arms (wealthy professional mercenaries had this kit) was using Mail voiders (patches of Chainmail in the joints of the plate armor), then your only option was to try going through the neck and face protection
Thank you Sir, this was informative :).
This guy is so Australian he just turned my cup of tea into a pint of beer. 😂
Hey!! I was there for that haha I can even see me when the camera pans! You did a fantastic presentation, one of the highlights of my time at the abbey
I would request a discussion on the evolution of materials used in armor too, if you please.
This is so professional. I've learned something, thanks!
this was a very cool presentation, probably even better in person
It's strange that the had torso armour in ancient time but replaced it with chainmale to replase it again.
breastplates from antiquity were made out of bronze or leather. The latter being really not all that sturdy, and the former requiring quite some thickness to offer protection, which means it was HEAVY. It was also single piece, so it lowered mobility, and required a lot of skilled labor to craft.
Chainmail is time consuming but low skill to craft, you can just hire a dozen of kids and teenagers to make most of it and then just tailor it to the buyer.
It's also flexible and just as good as a bronze cuirasse when it comes to protection. The only thing it's worst at is protection against stab wounds, though it still does protect quite a bit.
It's also more covering.
Overall it was generally seen as better and favored for a long time, until bows became more powerful and numerous, and knights started to think more protection was needed. So they reintroduced plate, but this time made of good quality steel, and articulated to be just as flexible as mail
Excellent presentation and showcase man!
Late 14 century to early 15 century armour is the coolest imo.
They still use full plate armor in the thirty years war
Fantastic presentation
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
Wow that's is very interesting and very informational video. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.
Thanks as always Jared you legend! Appreciate your constant support brother
@@IronCrownWorkshop you guys are very welcome 🙏🏻
Great demo 10/10 Cool armor
From another re-enactor, fine job educating the patrons here, well done! Huzzah!
This was an awesome video!
It’s 2 am and I’m watching this
The moment I opened the video I had a "stronghold crusader" flash backs
As a Teutonic Order Knights descendant Northern east Poland.I must agree on well armour periodic composition. These crude plates for torso or right arm would be very rare.
That klapvisor is cool where did you get it? Im thinking of geting one from KOA
Do you guys sale armor peaces?
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LONG LIVE THE KING.
1:16 No. As a Polish history student, we didn't engage the Teutonic Knights until after they betrayed us in 1308 when they slaughtered the inhabitants of the city of Gdańsk.
Edit. Lithuanians yes, or more correctly in the early 1200s, the Prussians, and Lithuanians since the reign of their only King - Mindaugas (circa 1253-63)
I'm sure there were many different ways these helmets were made, kind of like how there's 101 different kinds of protection nowadays. I always think it's kind of funny how if it's not made in a way of a surviving piece, it's not authentic.
It's not a bad overview but we're missing a fair bit here, sugarloafs and transitional armour, the developement of the great helm as a whole and it's relationship to the developement of the bascinet, I get that you might have not had enough pieces on hand, but I think it would have been good to at least discuss this stuff. Also I think the part about the pointed shape of the bascinets wasn't really presented in a clear way. Pointed helmets have been a thing for a VERY long time, the people who made those flat tops knew how deflection works, it was a deliberate decision, possibly related to cost or ease of manufacture that the armourers of the time made, one that falls out of favour rather quickly. Now nothing you said here was wrong, but it would be easy for someone who doesn't know much anything about medieval armour to misunderstand that bit and think they invented pointed helmets in the 1300's, which obviously wouldn't be true at all.
Great video!
The mail for the XIII and XII is quite inaccurate though, missing the mail face cover, the arms should be more tightly fitted and it should be a whole complete suit instead of separate pieces
what an awesome video!
In movies people get stabbed or take an arrow and still survive. Also they hardly ever wear helmets. And they always wear garish leather armour. Not even chainmail.
Super dope. I just recently started getting really interested in armor again
Armour is a sexy thing. Hard to resist
Nice video.
Quick point in the 1250s the Teutonic Knights where not going to war against the Lithuanians and the Poles. The where mostly going to war against the Old Prussians or Prūsai who where basically the native inhabitants of the Poles at this stage where actually alllies of the Teutonic Order and the reason they came to the Baltic in the first place.
DID HE SAY TALMBERG, WHAT??? THEY HAD A BATTLE?!?
Armour - it's got a U in it..
Tutonic knight in chain mail armor look very similar to the Templars. It would be very easy to mistaken if the former ‘s cross is red. 😮
Well yeah makes sense they are very similar to templars and hospitallers in the fact they were zealous quasi military states. The real major difference is instead of killing Muslims in the holy lands they were killing pagan Lithuanians in the Balkans
Hey were you a KEG lad?
The moment I got all of that armor on I'd have to go to the bathroom.
Are there any historical details regarding lady’s armor? I’m writing a fantasy novel and the main character, a lady, goes into battle and I’d like to have some sort of historical precedent in my story…
The armor is all patterned to pre-Cursades. Mail, but opportunities for faces to be seen. 11th century
amazing video
So Crusaders wore two plate steel helmets (Bascinet, Orle and Great Helm), but not steel plate body armor.... Weird. And that helmet he made at 1:55, it's not safe to use because he heated it, destroying the temper of the steel. In full-contact I wouldn't trust that armor it's very dangerous.
just fucking google it
Hello I'm sallet man, do you know how to make a barbuta, kettle helm and I see no archers. Make one in the future!
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Used this as a teaching resource in class. Great video, great knowledge, well produced
That's so incredibly rewarding to here! I hope your students got something out of it!
I really want to get knight armor 2:36
I have watched enough videos on plate armor and bludgeoning weapons. If a warrior uses the pointed side of the Warhammer and pierces through the plate armor, whether it is a helmet or breastplate, it will not go through more than half an inch or an inch and will not be effective, just cosmetically damaging the armor's appearance. The pointed beak then becomes stuck in the metal and is very difficult to pull out, so the offensive warrior is vulnerable and can lose that weapon and now is at a major disadvantage as the opponent can use it on them or as another defense/flanking weapon.
Pretty cool!!
Yeah uh where can I sign up to partake in just wearing armor?
How on earth are you able to make and wear medieval armour in Australia? Isn’t it illegal in almost every state to wear any sort of armour?
I just bought my crusader set with a Hospitaller tunic. Cant wait to get it
Nice one!
I admire ur knowledge
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In the Wars of the Roses that whole ransom bit went away. During that conflict, high status nobility was sought and to be killed strait away. No ransom at all.
That is a cool insight. And makes sense given the bitter feuds and hatreds between the waring families. Do you have a source or evidence to read up more on that?
I know this is a bit of a late comment lol, but from what I see it seems that people during these times mainly focused on mechanical engineering, what was the material engineering like at the time? Or was this mainly absent?
material engineering was kind of secret knowledge, blacksmithing itself was seen a a bit magical
@@zaganim3813Interesting, I wonder if it was seen as something akin to alchemy at the time
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I used to be in adventure like you then I took an arrow to the knee
Yikes!! That sounds hectic. Hopefully you're pursuing adventures in other ways though?
@@IronCrownWorkshop oh my,Did you not get the skyrim reference he made?
Can someone tell me about the winged helmets we sometimes see the Teutonic knights wearing ? Apparently that really was a thing. Where did it come from ? Why and who would were such a helmet ?
As far as I know they were popular during the 13th and early 14th century. Mainly, they were worn during tourneys and duels to add that extra flare to their armour, similar to how other European knights wore crests on their helmets. I’m sure a fair number of them have been worn into battle. While I would say I am fairly knowledgeable on medieval arms and armour in general, I am definitely not an expert on the Teutonic Order or German knights so I could be talking out of my ass.
And also, if it hasn’t been made obvious yet, the winged helmet was popular among many German knights, not just the Teutonic Order.
@@atf5813 What you describe is actually a crest. Wings, horns, trumpets etc. were quite common in Germany (in a larger sense) at the time.
Very true. But they were most definitely well trained, and knew of their own weak spots. It would not be easy, especially if they were stronger than you also ☝️
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My favorite is the great helm with the full body armor
Best armour was made in 2nd half of 15th century!
While its all terrific I quite agree
The sizes of suit armour also gives an indication of the common height of people of this era
The vikings would have towered over many of them....the Normans were of course related to the Vikings.
Go into the tower and see the suits of armour....many of them were midgets.
Interestingly the Bubonic Plague killed off a lot of the population thus more food to go around....leading to an increase in average height in Britain....a situation repeated with the advent of artificial fertiliser. Contrast the height of German troops vs British troops ww1&2...The average British peasant was greatly under nourished but never had the nouse to overthrow the local SOB running the scam.
You can see this today where the population is taught to worship the imbecilic Windsors against the best interests of the country.
my question is how tf did any of them actually die during wars with this armour and only a sword
Great question hey! Armour is pretty damn effective! The thing is, just like martial arts,even the best defenses can be overcome. In the case of mortal combat with razor sharp blades only one thing has to go wrong and it's all over
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Teutons also fought with the Russians at the Battle of the lake of Ice for example
have you ever considered or have you ever made armor for Buhurt
Certainly have, our next video will touch on that briefly
@IronCrown Workshop that's amazing. I'm a fighter in the USA. I want to get a Bolzano great helm so bad.
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@@andrewjones4774 it depends on the team/club. It could range from just league fees or even league and gym fees. What area are you in I could possibly help you find a local club.
The weapon which can puncture these armors is a warhammer 9:11
The name crowbill 'Krähenschnabel' is also accurate.
6:10 - What? A female knight does not have boob-armor to put an emphasis on her figure, but pieces to actually protect her? How dare you being historically accurate…
So…you make burhurt level armor? Do you have shop??
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During the Medievals, Tudors & Elizabethans, there was so much suffering!
Human Body Conditions were very bad indeed!!
With that kind cool armour.. the knight during crusade era stil cant win the war..cehhh...
Your mail coif is not historically accurate they were perfectly fitted and the bottom of the face opening would go just under the mouth
That's correct, there is always room for improvement
@IronCrownWorkshop ooh yay I got an aknowledgement
Is the term "bassinet" used for young children connected to the bassinet referred to here.?.(probably 🐸 in 🐸 waa connected to a Parisian punk rock band?)
Killing an armoured knight would be unwise. They'd usually be ransomed 'cause that was more lucrative than killing them,
Centuries Ago, lots of people died so young.
ok but you need to do a bit more reasearch, a lot of stuff was right but some stuff is a bit off unfortunatly or need to be addded as information. like that swords are sidearms also the crows beak is no anti plate weapon rather anti mail etc.
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Some of the worst maille I have seen in the past few years, badly made and not fitted. In general the 13th century bits are wrong, among others the idea of a suspension system inside the greathelm of that period. As to your mention of coat of plates I have a difficult time understanding the dating you give. Just to be sure, these appear during the first half of the 13th century, not 14th. The late medieval kit looks better though the claim that inside of the tights not ever being protected is of course wrong, it's actually a bit funny as the word 'cuisses' pretty much means 'tights'.
Why are they called knights and not killers?
Because they're official. And not all were combatants. And not all were bloodthirsty. Things aren't white and black.
Because they're just that cool.
Why are soldiers not called killers, fucking hell.
@@Victor-oe3io Exactly, it was their duty, part of their feudal obligations.
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