Gambesons, Jacks, and Aketons, Oh My! Military Textiles in the 14th Century.
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I say "Tower of London" a couple of times which is erroneous. Sorry!
The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century by Thom Richardson: press.uchicago...
AD1410: ad1410.com/
I can send the .pdf of the presentation/second source if you wish!
Nice vid - no point in being pedantic when the terms changed in their usage over time, and we dont have time machines :-) The Tower Armouries book is great indeed, and as I am lucky enough to call Tasha a friend, it would be remiss to not point out that she is a world renowned expert on medieval textiles, that book is also a great resource!
Oh that's awesome! I didnt actually know there was a book, I was just working off of a pdf that looks like a slideshow that they used for a class. Is the name of the book the same?
Definitely interesting. I would like to see more of a breakdown on your pourpoint/arming garment. Materials, stitching, how well it is holding up to use, etc. I'm glad you included that link.
Pedants gonna pedant...
Should have smacked Paul for talking back. ;)
I smack him around quite a bit, I don't think it would do much hahaha. But I can certainly do a video on my particular garment.
Should I get white gambeson or black? Does it help distribute heat better under steel armor or does it not really matter? Black is more stylish but hot and I could possibly wear it in public. White kind of gets brown and gray over time... hmm..
Unless you're trying to be historically accurate I don't think it matters much, to be honest. In later periods colored arming garments were definitely a thing anyhow.
the Paltock was likely not an arming garment but a more formal type of dress outfit similar to the cotehardie although unlike the coat it had no frond opening and was joined at the side
Yep, it is usually considered more of a civilian garment, but is mentioned in a martial context in this inventory. What, precisely, they meant by that isn't quite clear and may have changed over time as well.
@@corrugatedcavalier5266 in fashion in the age of the black prince it is stated that paltocks have no front opening
and the use of the Grande assiette sleeve from what I have seen was not widely used in england
@philiprayner yeah I'm not sure about England, personally. Depictions of arming garments can be hard to come by in this period.
Do you know why arming doublets eventually start being made of leather and end up being largely replaced by the buffcoat?
It seems like buff leather was more expensive and not any more protective than aketon/gambeson, is it just more weather resistant? More comfortable in warm weather?
To be perfectly honest, I don't know. I don't know that period as well.
Oh God, Paul is sentient.
He's getting to be quite a handful!