Monday, February 23, 2009

Index card 15

http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medknight.html

The first armour of knights was chain mail tunics over a lenin shirt and padded pants. This was soon replaced with full plate armour that weight between 40 and 60lbs. Their shields were made of either wood or metal. The sword of a knight weighed 32lbs and was often acompanied by a smaller knife.

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