Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Health n Safety could have changed history - helmet, hi viz jacket etc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... e-29222775
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... e-29222775
Richard III not wearing helmet
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I think a camaflague jacket would have been better he was too well conspicuous ?
There was an interesting programme on TV a few weeks back where they made up a suit of armour to a model with the same spinal problem.
It worked very well on horseback but was very vulnerable on foot if attacked by several opponents.
They found that a battle hammer spike would penetrate the helmet.
Rod
There was an interesting programme on TV a few weeks back where they made up a suit of armour to a model with the same spinal problem.
It worked very well on horseback but was very vulnerable on foot if attacked by several opponents.
They found that a battle hammer spike would penetrate the helmet.
Rod
Although C15th. armour was very effective (and by the way, all this stuff about 'had to be winched onto horses, couldn't get up if had fallen over &c. &c. is Victorian nonsense), a man who became isolated from his comrades and surrounded by enemies would have no chance of survival. Once immobilised on the ground by force of numbers, opponents could pierce vulnerable points in the armour. There were even special daggers designed expressly for that purpose.
Richard may have lost his helmet in the fray, but there is no chance he would have gone into battle without one.
Richard may have lost his helmet in the fray, but there is no chance he would have gone into battle without one.
