Gothic plate armour (German: Gotischer Plattenpanzer) was the type of steel plate armour made in the Holy Roman Empire during the 15th century. While the...
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the specialised jousting armour which developed in the 16th century. Full suits of Gothic plate armour and Milanese plate armour were worn on the battlefields...
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art movement Batman: Gothic, a 1990 comic book story arc Gothic plate armour, a style of armour used in the 15th century "Gothic", a Series G episode...
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Maximilian armour is a modern term applied to the style of early 16th-century German plate armour associated with, and possibly first made for the Emperor...
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White armour, or alwyte armour, was a form of plate armour worn in the Late Middle Ages characterized by full-body steel plate without a surcoat. Around...
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various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part...
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Gousset (category Medieval armour)
was nearly absent from white armor by 1450, but remained in German Gothic plate armour throughout most of the century. The term has been lent to clothing...
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Gambeson (category Western plate armour)
in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armour doublets, which could extend...
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Overall, plate armour offered better protection against piercing weapons such as arrows and especially bolts than mail armour did.: 15–17 Plate armor reached...
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Greenwich armour is the plate armour in a distinctively English style produced by the Royal Almain Armoury founded by Henry VIII in 1511 in Greenwich near...
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Kasten-brust armour (German: Kastenbrust — "box-shaped breast") — is a German form of plate armour from the first half of 15th century. Kasten-brust armour was...
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Royal Armouries (redirect from National Museum of Arms and Armour)
Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Once an important part of England's military organization, it became the...
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Plackart (category Western plate armour)
piece of medieval and Renaissance era armour, initially covering the lower half of the front torso. It was a plate reinforcement that composed the bottom...
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Breastplate (redirect from Breast plate)
status. In medieval weaponry, the breastplate is the front portion of plate armour covering the torso. It has been a military mainstay since ancient times...
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Poleyn (category Western plate armour)
and schynbalds or greaves. A characteristic of late fifteenth century Gothic plate armor was a projection that guarded the side of the knee. An early example...
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Sabaton (category Western plate armour)
sabatons were the first piece of armour to be put on, and were made of riveted iron plates called lames. These plates generally covered only the top of...
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Due to his role in the Hundred Years' War and his characteristic black plate armour, Edward became known to history as "the Black Prince". Aware that he...
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Schynbalds (category Western plate armour)
Schynbalds were an early experiment in plate armour for the lower leg. Schynbalds were metal plates strapped over chausses. Each schynbald was a single...
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although all of these also fielded lancers. For a Gothic or Vandal nobleman the most common form of armour was a mail shirt, often reaching down to the knees...
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in 1066, and wealthy nobles. More than 30 lamellae (individual plates for lamellar armour) were found in Birka, Sweden, in 1877, 1934 and 1998–2000. They...
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Medieval technology (section Armour)
movement. Plate armour (14th century) Plate armour covered the entire body. Although parts of the body were already covered in plate armour as early as...
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and another may be the elegant example of the attenuated "late-gothic" style of armour that is now in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts...
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Goths (redirect from Gothic tribes)
incorporated under the Metropolitanate of Gothia from the 9th century. Gothic arms and armour usually consisted of wooden shield, spear and often swords. 'Rank...
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Hauberk (category Medieval armour)
hauberk European hauberk Japanese hauberk Mail and plate armour – a type of mail with embedded plates DeVries, Kelly (2012). Medieval Military Technology...
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Panther tank (section Armour)
production Panthers had a face-hardened glacis plate (the main front hull armour piece), but as armour-piercing capped rounds became the standard in all...
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Morning star (weapon) Shillelagh (club) Tokotoko War hammer Tods Gothic mace - hitting armour. Retrieved 2024-04-01 – via www.youtube.com. Gregory, Thomas...
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Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (category Western plate armour)
Holy Roman Emperor. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Parade Armour of Henry II of France Plate armor Propaganda during the Reformation "Kunz Lochner | Armor...
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Earlier models were given extra armour by the expedient of welding on extra plates. On the Mark VII, the hull front armour was made up of a lower angled...
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St Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava (category Gothic architecture in Slovakia)
the hill adjacent, and somewhat similar in its striking, but fairly stark Gothic lines and colouring, St Martin's tower and spire, at 85 metres (278 ft 10 in)...
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was introduced into production. This model altered the driver's front armour plate, along with other minor differences. This model and its predecessor,...
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