2020年2月21日 · The horse was afforded protection from lances and infantry weapons by steel plate barding. This gave the horse protection and enhanced the visual impression of a mounted knight. Late in the era, elaborate barding was used in parade armour. Also the article says horse armor was not as heavy as one might think.

2019年11月9日 · Medieval longbows seem now to have been only marginally effective against armoured knights of early fifteenth century although Henry Fifth was wounded in the face at ...

2018年1月3日 · I would like to ask what the heaviest known example of armor for war horses is. Specifically, I'm asking about horse-armor in the 16th and 17th centuries (European, primarily, but I will accept other examples). The answer I'm looking for is about horse-armor intended for warfare. However, I will accept answers relating to tournament armours.

2020年5月16日 · Is it known how thick Late Medieval horse plate armor (for field of battle) was? Was it as thick as its rider's armor? Good horses were expensive and valuable, especially during a battle, so it makes sense to protect them. I would imagine it would be a disaster for a knight if his horse got injured during a fight. He would be very immobile on foot.

2023年7月20日 · Arms and Armor in England, 1450-1471, their Cost and Distribution. University of Pennsylvania, 1967 (p. 60). At some time during the later 1460's, the earl of Oxford asked Sir John Paston to purchase three horse harnesses of the best quality for Oxford's use, adding that he was willing to pay up to £7. each for them, and that Lord Hastings had ...

2017年3月30日 · The Royal Armouries use a 15.2 (60") hands Lithuanian heavy draught as their model for displaying 15 &16th century heavy horse armor because it fits well (although see below; recent research may update that model.); that may be useful as a visual model. Note that the picture of the Ardennes horse does not even remotely look like a contemporary ...

2013年2月7日 · Full body armor did not weigh more than 65 to 70 pounds, about the same weight as most modern soldiers carry and it was distributed throughout the body. The knight had no problem getting up when a horse was killed. There are plenty of videos on Youtube demonstrating how easily one can move, get up, climb, etc in full armor.

2017年7月11日 · Cataphract armour was famous for being extensive, even having their name derive from "Completely covered", but that doesn't mean impenetrable. The horses legs and face were still exposed, both of which are accessible to a well placed spear thrust or sword swing. The horse could throw off the rider, or even crush him in a fall.

2024年8月2日 · The horse wasn't introduced to Mesopotamia until ~2200BC, over a thousand years after its initial domestication by the Proto-Indo-Europeans, and they probably arrived with the spoked wheel chariot. – codeMonkey

2021年3月11日 · However, our problem here lies in the interpretation of the manuscript. Eric Petersen, in 'Norsemen in the Viking Age', has a different view: he interprets the phrase 'and the whole equitatus of his kingdom' to mean "'chiefs with …