How A Man Shall Be Armed: 13th Century
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- čas přidán 19. 02. 2017
- Discover how a knight of the 13th Century would prepare themselves for battle, as armourers sought more creative and practical solutions to counter the threat of new weaponry.
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2 centuries later this dude still hasnt aged a day
And he's still angry.
this is so witty LOL
lol
RhangDao hahahahahahahahaha
Can't wait to see him in WWII outfit.
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly he get jerusalem bacc
It's clearly closer to Christendom!
King Louis IV: "Why do I fight?"
Templar: "To defend the Kingdom"
King Louis IV: "No, this is not enough. I fight to defend Christendom."
and also he has thicc armour
And Constantinople..
@@AudioJeep Louis IX !
My man just put on chain-mail thigh-highs.
That's why you gotta get yourself a big titty Visigoth GF
Scott Dixon 🤣
@@zerogbot23 This....is what we need
This whole comment chain is just too good!
Mail Programmers Socks
When you play CK2 and get the immortal trait.
It's amazing how similar that coat of plates is to a modern ballistic plate carrier.
mandaloin I honesty like the look of brigindine armor
It's actually modelled after it, especially since military experts and eggheads during WW2 looked to Medieval Armour of Inspiration. M1 is in modelled after many medieval Helmets like the Sallet and Basicnet.
Some units of gsg9 even use maille under their plate carriers since a huge uptick in knife attacks warranted armor better suited to withstand blades attacks against your extremities.
And modern day dragon scale ballistic armor is basically just a version of ancient scale armor.
mandaloin The human anatomy hasn't change so why would it be different?
Only 13th century kids will remember this 👌🔥
Deus Vult mah nigga
A big fucking sword
😂😂👌⚔
Gentlemen of these days rely too much on the use of gun powder smh 🤦♂️🤦♂️, what shal you do when the enemy is at a range where you have not enough time to reloadyou fire arm? Ay, gone are the days where a good battle was fought face to face with a good pole arm 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️😔😔😔😔
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this must have been delightful to wear when the temp went north of 90 degrees and humidity was high.
Pretty sure the mail sucked up the heat during the summer so it was pretty nice apparently, however in winter you would be freezing
@@gurthus9540 No, that's not how this works.
Remember they were wearing a padded garment underneath, which was made up of dozens of layers of cloth stitched together.
That's what really matters when it comes to how hot it gets in armor.
It's like wearing a winter jacket. The mail on top is pretty much irrelevant.
But like shima luan says, in Europe (at least northern Europe), it's not very common for temperatures to go above 80 degrees.
It will be hot in armor, but not unbearable, particularly if you're used to it.
Though if I remember correctly, this was a real problem for the crusaders when they got into the middle east.
For obvious reasons.
Godd opposite. It sucked up heat, meaning there was no way for your body heat to escape. Heat strokes remain a common killer throughout the high medieval ages
It wasn't unheard of for knights to die of exhaustion in their armour because their bodies couldn't get rid of the heat
Dying is much worse
What's funny is this "coat of plates" is essentially the ancestor to the modern plate carrier. You have a cloth vest with padding that you insert ballistic plates into to cover the vital areas. It's funny how some concepts are completely timeless.
The video says so itself, as weapons improve, so must the armor. Modern guns are a vast improvement over projectile weapons, and modern ballistic plates are a vast improvement over simple metal plates
@@CoolAndrew89our armor is better against our weapons but a modern ballistic vest wouldnt do much against a crossbow or spear point, there are videos on youtube to prove this, and by the same token this steel armor is useless against modern firearms however both sets of armor preform adequately against the weapons they were designed to counter
What you mean protecting the chest? Yes that’s always timeless. Chest armor was used thousands of years before the medieval era.
The MEDIEVAL age is so interesting
Ah good Ulrich von Lichtenstein ^^
and how is Gelderland sir ulricht
@@robertlombardo8437 got to be one of the best movie personas ever made
MAKE MORE! I want videos on standard infantryman of the centuries too!
Wabaanimkii A Buckler as a shield and a one-handed sword to wield. Spears were common in formations too. They would wear the nail shirt as well but the plate vest wouldn't always be attached on the infantryman. The helmet probably would not cover the whole head and armor wouldn't have as many parts responsible for regulating the weight. Their armor was lighter than the ones from the knights.
That coat of plates looks more like Early 14th century designs. It's very similar to examples excavated from the site of the Battle of Visby in 1361. 13th century coats of plates were generally simpler, and were often integrated into the surcoat.
Battle of visby represents armour from 13th century, it was armour worn by peasents
So if you wore this in a zombie apocalypse then you're all set?
Well....until you have to run. Lol
Medic83 I've seen videos of people in plate being fairly nimble, I'd think with practice you could pick up a goodmspeed for short bursts. Might be tiring, but remember rule #1 from Zombieland: Cardio. This muight be good for confrontation, and you would probably only go through putting on this armor if you planned on crushing skulls, not just running.
Depending on the period of the armor and how heavy you decided to go, the only thing that would be near impossible is swimming, but even that depends on the specific armor and how much you train with it.
Outside of swimming, medieval armor of any type would be the ultimate protection in a zombie scenario, but only against zombies. Other people with firearms still exist and neither plate or chain will stop a bullet.
Even if you got surrounded and dragged down, you'd likely die from thirst before any zombies managed to get through the armor. x3
St. Gideon or crushed by their weight/ suffocation (by being overwhelmed, you can last more if not, but you need to breath from time to time, which is the reason for visors to exist.
Don't listen to those faithless scums brother. This armor provide holy protection against undead you are all fine.
no fucking way
TV level production but with correct terminology, historical accuracy/authenticity and no dramatized bullshit
and with only 4500 subscribers
[H]ouse MD It's fucking glorious...
Not Full accurate... he wears throusers, but they did did not exist yet.
Not fully accurate cause the coif looks like butted mail to me.
It’s all good aside from the butted mail.
@@sixeros4435 Pants have been around since before Roman times, while they weren't in fashion in the 13th century, they very much did exist, and had been existing for over a thousand years.
This is such a great way of immersing into the era. I've been watching other channels which go into the strategy of famous battles. And these types of videos on a more individual level really help immensely to imagine and understand what that must have been like! What they wore, how they lived.
The CZcams historical community is so insanely in depth. It's mind boggling how much you can learn. There's channels that go into every detail imaginable. Even down to what a knight or a peasant would have eaten during this era!!
If you want to know what wearing armour feels like, I suggest you look for an armored combat team near you! They even fight with each other. It's a blast!
the creators: i feel like im forgetting something...
the 11th, 13th, and 14th centuries: if you forgot then it probably wasnt important
creators: yea youre right
12th century: *sad*
I think it's because of the overlap of armor usage (11th century armor are still in use up to mid 12th century and this style of armor already around in late 12th century, instead of doing something similar twice, the production team choose to skip 12th century armor. The same could be said to the 14th and 15th century armor. Many 14th century armor are still widespread in early 15th century, so to give a better distinction the production team choose to skip the early 15th century armor and proceed with mid to late 15th century armor.
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 smort
Yeah and early 14th century would have looked like the 13th century
enough said... its Mount & Blade: Warband time !
More specifically, mid-13th century knight, perhaps men-at-arms. The 13th century is a dividing line, when already not only knights (nobles) could afford such a equipment (like this in the video), but anyone who could afford it! They were called men-at-arms, who could come from almost any social class (not only nobles!).
To be fair a pair-of-plates at this early date most definitely identified one as a quite wealthy individual, and so most probably a noble
Me: Squire, don mine armours upon my body so i may go to battle and slay many ppls.
Squire puts armours on.
Me: Squire, it is mid of night, remove mine armours so that i may sleep now.
I see, you’ve chosen the coat of arms of Ulrich von Lichtenstein...nice 👌🏻
Music are Por My Gran Fremosura and Des Oge Mais by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
Thank you! I've been looking for the songs used in this video for YEARS!
The mail coif should be linked to the hauberk. If not, it should have a square section, not round. Mail coifs such as the one of the video appeared in the 14th century.
Btw, music from Las Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century Castilia.
The mail that protect the neck in my opinion is basically useless, if someone were to jab at you with a sword sure it would stop it from cutting you but it wont stop the force and impact, crushing your trachea and suffocating your death.
@@orangutank626 A good blow yeah but what if the the opponent did a half-ass job and the angle wasn't good? The armor could deflect it and encourage the force to transfer elsewhere so that your neck does not have to tank the damage.
@@CahzinarX Yep.
Neck mail is not there to stop a determined, accurate blow.
It is there to keep you alive when a sharp blade just happens to flick over your neck.
An incidental cut like that on your abdomen, arm or leg will only leave a slightly bleeding gash (unless stopped by armour, of course)..
A 1/2 inch deep cut to the abdomen or shoulder hurts like heck, but does not incapacitate the fighter and won't kill him if treated anytime soon. (barring infections)
But a 1/2 inch deep cut to the neck severs tendons or worse, cuts your jugular. Either is at least incapacitating, very likely lethal!
But even *slight* armor would prevent this sort of blow from striking through.
It was separate in the 13th century
hey could you give me your source? im actually curious about this
My ancestor Sir William De Baguley, lord of Baguley Hall in Manchester, wore similar but used a battle axe(Horsemans axe), instead of a sword.
Any Mount and Blade players here?
Been waiting for Bannerlord for about 35 years now... Still no sign, but warband is still awesome. Wish they could let you create your own faction in With fire and sword too
This one looks like a Rhodok Sergeant!
It's almost harvesting season
@@eksdee2170 good news brother, bannerlord has been announced recently look at the steam page
R Gill Yeah I know, bout time lol
This is great stuff. I love how even the squire's tunic evolves through time.
2000’s kids: I had the best childhood
90’s kids: no I did
1300 kids: *shows up with black oozing boils around his body*
Sir Robin, Sir Robin! Sir Robin ran away! He bravely ran away away !Brave brave Sir Robin!
4:17 looks like the making of a 'by the pope' meme.
battle of hattin flashbacks
No video about the 12th century
Pieter remove the coat of plates and you got a 12th century knight.
And remove the helm, the heater shield and perhaps even the arms of the coat.
Pieter they didnt use armor in the 12 century.
WeTheTech yes they did
WeTheTech yes cause they used Dragons as Smaug and Balerion the Dread , so they didn't need armor
jk
I'm currently working on a story set in some form of the 13th. Century so this is incredibly helpful!
love these videos, thanks for the content
He looks so handsome wearing his armour
If fighting another knight, he would need to watch out for a dagger being thrust into one of his eyes. The eyes, the throat, armpits, and the crotch were all good areas to attack. Even with the helmet, there were special daggers that were made to be able to slip through the eye slots.
The iconic medieval knight
The hole at the helmet is had a heart shaped
This music on flute so beautiful!
This is very interesting!! You got my subscription
This video's music gives me strong Witcher 3 vibes.
3:57 MFW King Harlaus awards the castle that I just captured to King Harlaus
0:21 Those are some nice heart shape decal
Shouldn't the helmet have a strap or something? Seems like it could easily get shifted in a scuffle and blind him.
There was a padded lining on the inside that doubled as a suspension, kind of like the pads you'd velcro inside a modern kevlar helmet. If you had the helmet made just for you, the lining would have been the perfect thickness to keep the helmet in place by friction.
it's more for display. sadly padding doesn't survive often of the centuries. but I have seen tournament helmet padding in a museum, it will be tight fit.
helmets were very heavy and made so that you could easily get it back in proper position. besides moving a bit was good way since it would absorb more energy from hits
It will also leave you blind at the moment an opponent has landed a blow to your head. With such narrow eye slits, a slight shift leaves you gazing out a tiny window pointing left, rather than straight ahead. A mobile helm was a liability.
The padded arming cap keeps it in place
SWAGGER SOULS BACK IN HIS YOUTH
I put more attention traying to whistle the song than to the actual video, great job!
So wonderful, I simply love the 13th-century looks. I'm just making my own haubergeon (butted for now, so I can learn how to fit it for my body). Oh, I wish I could find a gambeson (or better someone who could sew it for me) that looks exactly like the one in the video.
I actually make that type of stuff for reenactments
@@KristinkaAranova You do? Could you give me a contact for yourself and probably show some of your work? Would be great, thanks in advance
Lovin' that background music. :)
The fellow with the armour then wallows in his own crapulence and and looks in the mirror and says.. "God, im so awsome"
It's a good video but some things are wrong. The chances of arrows or sword thrusts posing a threat to maille with padding is very, very unlikely unless it's a thrust from horseback or an arrow fired by a Welsh longbow of the period. Arrows are typically so ineffectual against maille of the period, especially those short compound bows used by horse archers like Turcapoles, that knights would literally use their bodies to shield civilians in one battle as arrows ineffectively either bounced off or lightly embedded themselves in the armor and got stuck in the links, causing them to look like Urchins.
Also that coat of plate looks an awful lot like one from the 14th century, not the 13th century. There also may/should be some padding over the maille as well, at least I know the Spaniards wore it- a perpunte.
Wyatt Wilmot the one that is used in the 14th century is a brigandine
a brigandine has more smaller plates and the coat of plates have bigger plates you can see the difference very good at the battle of visby there you see the coat of plates
No. 15th century used brigandine. Large plates were used up until technology afforded the use of a full cuirass. Up until the full cuirass comes to be at the end of the 14th century. Plates in 14th century coats of plate are long, thick, and often have a half-cuirass strapped together.
Hence why he said "could". I'm not an expert on the subject but there are probably a whole lot of weapons designed to counter maille such as war hammers. Still, as you said, it's unlikely.
While compound bows may have been no consequence to mail armor, longbows and crossbows were a significant threat to any mail-clad knight. Some accounts made by English knights say that arrows or bolts from the longbow and crossbow respectively could pierce their upper thigh and the mount underneath at 100 yards, pinning the knight to his horse. Lol.
@@djs2834 Lol you add as if that is not a highly horrific and painful thing for both knight and horse. But yea, crossbows and longbows were a pain in the arse. Back. Chest. Wherever they hit. Especially with the "pile" arrows, who were pretty good at punching through platemail.
And then there is the added fun, if you survive, of getting those bastards out of you. Whoever invented bows was a right arse, but boy did they know what they were doing.
It does annoy me your almost there but still quite a few misconceptions. That bloody schwiiing!... sheathes are made of wood and leather... it sounds clunky and smooth.
You aren't alone. The cliche sound of metal on metal when unsheathing a sword is such an egregious detail in a video that seems to aim to educate the masses about historically accurate armouring of men-at-arms.
It is not as if this is a video made by an individual with no credentials presented. This is a video made by the Royal Armouries. Greater attention to detail should be expected and pandering to the masses with instances of dramatic flair, no matter how brief, doesn't belong in what is clearly educational content.
You must have amazing hearing. I watched him draw that sword a half dozen times and I did not hear the movie sword sound.
Tummywubs yea same, i was when i heard it like uhhhhhhh cmon, hes dulling the blade, by doing that
I'm with ya, fortunately we do have a few people like Shadiversity and Skallagrim giving us more historically accurate and practical insights into weapons and armaments! ^_^
Since people are still replying to this, did it not occur to anybody that the *SCHHING* noise was a result of the sword scraping against the mail mitten on his left hand?
No?
Just me?
Ok...
I like seriousness of the actor. The intensity is suspenseful.
This is what they should have worn in Netflix's The Witcher, not molten plastic.
yeah, or maybe some full plate or maybe make it in the 14th century when their was some plate but not full plate yet
Digging the great helmet. Stylish yet fierce.
It's the coat of arms of Ulrich von Liechtenstein, famous Minnesänger in Austria around 1250.
Love your video
very cool
By the Pope, it's time for a Crusade!
Deus vult
Beautiful music! Sounds like something out of the witcher 3.
I like the detail that you put a 13th century background music from Cantigas de Santa Maria in the video
Under greathelm always was an iron skull. Otherwise the great helm would move around. Also they were dropped after cavalry charge.
Absolutely bad ass, true warriors.
Small note--it seems great helms were often worn over bascinets, which were growing into common use at the time.
This is the Armour I was taught to fight in. compared to full plate this was incredibly flexible and allowed me greater speed in one on one fights.
:0 You can't be over 700 years old, can you?
@@vs-btd8858 Sometimes a day feels like eternity and a week a second. But in reality I trained as a fighter at the SCA and HEMA
mail of rings made of teflon, padding of kevlar, and plexiglass shield.
now that would be armor.
Omg that's really amazing
would be nice wearing this in winter, but hella no in summer
The heat mostly stays with the metal, and doesn't contact the body. In addition, a white surcoat or other garment was often worn to help dissipate the sun's effect. In addition, Europe usually has pretty mild summers.
@@CoffeeSnep Plus, this was the beginning of the so called "little ice age"
These videos are by far the best I have seen in regards to armor. Can you tell me how much the coat of plates weighs?
4:15 *Deus vult intensifies*
I believe that during this time the rounded Great helm, the sugarloaf, was much more common
Hey i know you from the shadiversity discord we always argue how small the world is haha :D
It was in the later portions of the 13th century into the 14th century, bit there was a time the flat top was used.
Where can I get that style of gambeson and haubergeon?
That has to be so hot. I wonder how many knights or soldiers that passed out from heat exhaustion during the summers..
Being an owner of such a suit, you begin to sweat even at 40 fahrenheight in the winter but most soldiers didnt wear this only upper class knights and was mostly worn on horseback and or when really needed.
Quite alot. Knights and heavily armoured men would literally fall unconscious on the Battlefield from heat exhaustion. Crusaders however began to copy the Sara cans style of clothing and learnt to counter the effects of wearing armour in hot climates.
Prolonged and drawn out battles were not good for knights if they were heavily involved in the fighting. But, they were generally unbelievablely fit, as fit as any professional athlete of today and they trained since they could walk to become a knight so they were very well prepared to fight in it.
Water helps a lot, in addition to over garments to prevent heat exhaustion. Besides, if a knight needs to leave for worry of heat exhaustion he usually can. He can just ride his horse out and come back after a drink. If he is fighting on foot he can signal a few other men to defend him while he goes back in the line and allow someone else to fight for a while, and switch back after he has cooled down.
0:24 when you just wanted to hang out but your friend starts committing apostasy
I can totally see him taking Jerusalem
Where did you get the mail for the legs? Like these particular ones. Most of them are just hanging on a belt on your waist which makes them very uncomfortable. But these ones actually distribute the weight over the entire leg. Been looking for such mail for years now. And attempts to make it myself have all failed.
Mail is a lot tougher than you might think. In this video, it seems like they are using "cosplay" mail, or butted mail, which means the rings are cut, and bent together into shape. At this time, they would be using rivetted mail, which had rivets at interlocks. Very solid construction. Not even arrows from longbows can reliably pierce it.
Some small problems...... Difficult if not impossible to put on or take off by oneself. Slashing the laces will make it easier to remove, but then the armour cannot be properly fitted again until the lacing is repaired. And don't fall in the water.
Great video with real historic accuracy.
No, it is very possible to put this stuff on by yourself. Teutonic Penguin did a video of 13th century Teutonic armor, he has no problem putting it on. You could simply untie the laces, since the mittens had holes in the palm which you could stick your hand through for more dexterity. Falling in water was definitely a problem but most of the time fights didn't occur near water. This video also has some major problems, mostly butted maille (very, very weak compared to riveted, which is what they used in real life) and the undergarments are not very historical. But it captures the general idea of what a 13th century knight would look like pretty well.
@@jorgejohnson875 You're right. Its not as impossible as I said. There it is. It just takes more time and is a bit of a pain in the butt.
What was I thinking. Mostly it was the later tournament armors that were very hard to put on/take off, and such armors were not for actual battlefield use. They were rich men's expensive toys.
Thanks for the correction.
For me; this is the peak of armor design. I much prefer it to the look of more advanced full plate.
Where did you get those full maille chausses? I have been trying to find them for ages could you link them?
Hey did you ever find out where to find them? I see that the channel loved your comment, but did they reply?
I think I saw this guys great-great-great-great-great grandson , who was an 11th century Norman getting into his armor (or armour).
For a second I legit though they were gearing up Michael Keaton
**Deus Vult intensifies**
I'd really like to know where they got the gambeson because it's very nice and looks comfy as well.
I disagree with the ‘thrusts from swords were a common threat to maille’ but other than that, good video.
Okay just one more video before I sleep.
i used to do this back in my day, so nostalgic. Any 13th century kids here?
Back in my day we would sail 1000 kilometres to raid a coastal village and then sail back another 1000 kilometres on the North Sea! You kids wouldn't survive long back in the 10th century!
this is kinda good to use when facing those zombies...no place to bite.
love the music. i swear i've heard it somewhere before tho 🤔
Chupetríé Parémaggboy your local renaissance festival 😂
“This armors heavy”
“For his lordship!!!!”
much fun in the summer in say Spain.
Slick.
The heart shapes at the visor
The closed captions called the auberjean the “hobo shawl” and I think that’s just delightful-in an adorably incorrect kind of way.
Is the background music played by Fife ? I like it!
I'd like to see what these "pieces of rigid armor made out of metal or leather that covered the arms or legs" mentioned @ 3:11 looked like...
The music reminds me of stronghold, 'no iron my lord'
Any idea where to find chausses similar to what is in the video?
Awww, there are little hearts on the helmet!
4:16 Reminded me killa from EFT.
4:15 >TFW jeruzalem didnt fall for the 3th time
With (the real) colours of Ulrich von Lichtenstein in this example, the helmet should also be painted
Podrick working hard
Not that I do a lot of detailed research, but I'm finding more and more sources claiming the mail shirt would have been more form-fitted, not so big, loose, and baggy as is often depicted. With the use of expansions and contractions in the pattern, it is easy to tailor the mail to be fit a particular person, and since the mail was primarily to protect against the cutting edges of weapons, it wouldn't necessarily need to be so loose and baggy, so a more form-fitted shirt would be logical, simply providing a flexible outer metal skin if you will, and being more form-fitted, it would mean less weight, thus making it easier to move in. Of course, it would likely be more common for knights and nobles to have form-fitted mail, I imagine the common foot-soldiers probably would have bigger, loose-fitting shirts that would be able to fit men of different sizes.
Yeah this video was alright for its time but it's out of date with what is common knowledge now. Gambeson use under mail in Western Europe before the late 13th century is contested. As you said, the mail should be more form fitting, although this guy's mail is pretty good in that regard. However it's also butted mail which is right out. Also, his surcoat should be made of silk and it should have a much wider skirt. His under clothes are completely wrong, he's wearing pants rather than hose. The coif was in most cases attached to the hauberk as well, and separate coifs usually had a square "bib" in this period. The coat of plates is fine but we don't know all that much about them.