@@Solocat1 From what I can find they actually did give tea to the wounded who were waiting for treatment including those with belly wounds. Not the best tradition in some cases.
@CrimsonTheNeek no actually this is mid to late 15th century Italian Style armor with gothik elements, like the "ripped" backplate and the Salled helmed (in combination with bevor) , the Italians used the Armet and Bascinet more, but i guess in England the german style of helmet was more prefered. Plate armor wasn´t wearen until 1150 , before that Mail (with Nasal, Gread Helm, cattle Hat or earaly Bascinet) was the best you could get and maybe a Breastplate. I am a reeanctor from the late 14th early 15th century from germany, i have a Corrazina Armor with Cattle Helmet or Bascinet, Hour Glass Gauntlets, Leg and arm protaction appropriate for this period, but this armor he wears is like 40 to 50 years more in the furture.
@CrimsonTheNeek Just a few things to notice, there are some rules the armor of the different centurys are to distinguish: If the wearer of the armor is fully encased in "blank" armor fron head to food it is likely a late armor, more around 1450 to 1600 an beyond. there are some traits of 13th and 14th century armor you can notice: Hour Glass Gauntlets, Bascinets (with aventail) and cloth or leather covert armor is likely a armor of 14th or 13th century, the time of the Coat of Plates and mail Hauberk. After that the armor gets blank, without covering, exept on the common footsoldier he will likely wear a (15. century)brigandine made out of very tiny overlapping metal Pieces buckled on cloth or leather. but this will be the case in england at most, other countries had other methods and it is always floating, what armor were used and when. Some Knights hated cloced helmets (like me when i show fight, because i like to see and breathe, i have my bevor for close combat or a bascinet with atacheable face plate) For example the great helm (the big version with a secret helm unterneath) was used intil the mid 14th century, even if it was laughed about in some countrys as "outdated". and the Cattle head was used since 1000 A.C. or even earlier until WW1. so i hope i could help you.
Not to mention that you won't be fighting with a sword either, at least not to start with. You're more than likely to start out fighting with a pole weapon of some sort or an axe, war hammer, or mace, anything but a sword. A sword was a sidearm to be used when the primary weapon is either broken or lost or when combat gets too close for a long weapon like a poll axe or halberd.
This is super helpful to me (artist/writer/storyteller/etc.) and has had a direct impact on many design decisions I have in the works. Thank you for the video. I'm so interested on your thoughts on "the Rule of Cool."
Infection was not possible because any decent party would have at least a level 6 cleric who can cast a Heal Light Wounds spell. Or a Druid who can use their potions. Silly fighter.
@@Phelan666 Beat me to it, that spell doesn't cure disease, that would in fact be the spell "Remove Disease" IIRC but yeah it's a Cleric spell. So you were right insofar as all of that anyway
9:08 "...because, i am not a medieval knight..." Oh yes, Mylord, you are definitely as close a knight as i have seen. You Sir, you are making my day ,every day you put up one of these marvellous videos, thank you for all the work you are putting into it....Respect from SRING :o)
Despite modern notions born of Enlightenment thinking, humans before us were not stupid. They were brilliant, and not near as wasteful as many of us moderns are.
After years of Fantasy Roleplaying and finding interest in medieval weaponry and armour, I finally got to see how the pieces of a plate armour fit together. Thank you. And, well done!
I appreciate the detailed description of each piece, and explanation of the defensive versus offensive (left/right) sides of the arm and shoulders. I’m a newer SCA member, long time Equestrian hoping to start a local SCA Equestrian group in the Shire of Mare Amythstinum in Northshield. This video was especially helpful in describing how it needs to be shaped for riding to protect the horse’s tack! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for showing how each part of the armor's worn and their importance. I'm kinda stump on how to draw armor and this video is really helping me.
Agreed, I'll be attending an international art contest and the theme is "medieval". I thought maybe I could make a human and then every piece of an armour and put them on the human like a puzzle
I love this dude so much. His passion, his knowledge, the fact that he's actually a CEO for fucking Rebellion games and loves this so much that he just does it for fun. I've watched 5 videos in a row and i'm learning so much. Best videos to watch in quarantine. THANKS JASON!
Jason,fantastic job explaining everything.....my blacksmith who shoes my horses was Fourth in the world at one time Jousting, he had custom armour as well....His name is Marc Setzer....I'm very glad to see how well you teach all you do.. Heartfelt thanks for doing such a fantastic job.
Great video. Facts presented in an interesting way, without all the self-righteous debunking of popular myths that modern medieval enthusiasts are prone too.
It is understandable, really. There's some downright stupid and incredibly inaccurate myths about armor that are very widespread. Tho I do also understand being able to appreciate not having to hear that "yes armor was made to actually be worn and does not weigh 200 pounds" section for the hundredth time.
This guy is literally the real deal. He's a Knight, OBE. You basically cannot get more Knight. Its only fitting he wears the armour and is familiar with a livery yard. A legend.
It’s almost as close to being a knight as you can get without being knighted. While he technically ranks lower than a baronet, honours awarded to the individual count for far more in my opinion than hereditary ones.
Wait, this was the person who founded the company that did the Sniper Elite games and, more importantly, the Alien Vs Predator (both 1999 and 2010) games? For what it's worth, I'm glad he *wasn't* born a couple hundred years ago. :-)
Just listened to a great podcast by Dr. Guy Windsor in his Sword Guy Podcast series. He was in Jason's video of mounted versus foot combat. Guy's guest Dr. Capwell uses burial effigies as source material to study details and evolution of English 15th C. Armour. English knights apparently had Armour made in London in addition to Italy where most high quality was made. Really interesting stuff.
....so hard to find a squire nowadays... Seeing someone don armor is so much better than just a description of it. The slow accumulation of pieces was great.
@@Otacatapetl pretty sure i saw metatron talking about why he wears chainmail because of knife crime.... its actually a solid idea. apprently there is a law about wearing official stab vests anyway
@@benjaminjenkins732 Chainmail doesn't work against stabbings, though, or does it? I mean, wasn't plate armour invented precisely because chainmail didn't protect against punctures? Moreover, what kind of shit government is that where it's illegal to even protect yourself?
@@Otacatapetl Because a bureaucrat frowns on self-protection does not mean it is illegal. Legalities and a bobbies personal opinion are quite different under the eyes of law. Challenge them to show the ordinance or law or shut-up. They will haul you in to the hoosegow; but that only makes you richer. Regardless of popular opinion, the monarch and her designates still retain their hereditary rights by birth. They seldom exercise them, though. They can still lop off heads and place you in the place of forgetting.
You know its amazing that people were able to hand craft these sets of armor, since ive been diving into medieval history I've found out how technologically advanced they were for their time :3
oh yes, from surviving a scratch you got while hunting and then getting infected, you would be burned at the stake because you would be either a witch or have the devil inside you...very advanced people
@@LouisReacts you wouldnt be branded a witch for having hurt yourself, wh-what how? how tf can you put those two together? hahaha XD wtf XD ohhh may god have mercy on your soul~
@@dax3116 no what i was saying is if you went hunting and scraped against a tree or something and got a cut, it had a big chance of getting infected. if it got infected, there was no heal for it. if you woke up the next day and it scabbed up nicely and looked like it was healing, it was because you sold your soul to the devil the night before...that was the mindset of those people
@@LouisReacts no the devil had nothing to do with cuts and scrapes, they believed that you had an inbalance of the four humours, black bile, yellow bile blood and phlegm. I took a gcse history course in the history of medicine so id like to say i know what im talking about here the way they solved disease wasnt by burning people it was by bloodletting and strange diets
@@dax3116 what im talking about has nothing to do with medicine...im talking about peasants who were extremely religious and were extremely superstitious. a wound being healed on its own...sure if they applied medicine from that time then it wouldnt be a miracle but a wound being healed suddenly was the work of the devil. This is not stuff that i am making up, this is very common knowledge...medicine is a whole other discussion but one that i would probably agree with you on, this...the work of miracles was a scary thing back then
Beautiful suit of armor! I hate getting those little cuts when I put my segmentata on. Armor can sometimes be more painful than the battle! :) I recently learned that "Medieval" Chinese warriors would wear their sheaths on their backs to provide additional protection to the spine in a manner similar to the little ridge on the Cuisse.
Love what the archer was saying about bows vs knights. I’ve often heard (and seen from tests) that war arrows can only penetrate plate about 1/2 or 3/4 inches at best, but the long bow was such a respected and influential weapon despite this. The long bow must have had an effect in battle otherwise it would have become obsolete. Like you say wounding horses, but also at least distracting knights and I’d imagine wounding them some with simple impact, and lucky hits to gaps in the armour etc. Otherwise I don’t see why they would exist so long, and be so renowned. You don’t take a knife to a gun fight, and if bows didn’t effect battles you wouldn’t use them for hundreds of years.
I have very little knowledge of what type of helmet he would have been wearing in 1066, but King Harold took an arrow in the eye. Edit: Upon looking further that may not be true.
christ, an arrow penetrating 1/2 inch plate??? medieval plate armor was variable thickness, between 1.5-3mm, which is 0.1 inches at most. the main protective factor of armor is actually in its curves, allowing it to deflect arrows. and yes, knights were mostly invulnerable to arrows, that's why they didnt bother with shields. still, there would be a chance of a lucky hit, impairing an arm or striking the gap in the visor which makes archers good at suppressing knights, not necessarily killing them
A knight rode out one day and encountered another knight. "Tell me your name," demanded the first. "Lance," replied the second. "Surely, you joust!" said the first, as he rode past him laughing.
Very interesting. Have been enjoying these videos on Medieval life. So many people think that the Medieval period is boring history. I've always found it fascinating. Thanks for putting all this together. Informative and very enjoyable viewing.
I’m very familiar with fire fighting gear. I remember it going unwashed for weeks during the pre commissioning of the USS Essex (LHD 2). I was a Plank owner on that Naval war ship. That fire fighting gear stunk horribly. Thankfully I only had to dress out a couple of times before they pulled me from the fire fighting team. That’s because I was far too small to fit in the fire fighting gear. It was actually dangerous for me to wear it because of my short height.
@@LouisReacts They cleaned their stuff, just not nearly as frequently as we do and it was kind of considered a luxury or something that could only be done at very specific times. During war I bet there were times it went weeks months if not years without being washed but yeah they probably weren't a fan of the smell if anything and would try to clean as much as possible. But right as far as their knowledge of germs etc their knowledge was very elementary.
Presenter Jason Kingsley is CEO of video games company Rebellion Developments, who make the Alien vs Predator and Sniper Elite series of games amongst others.
Your story of your fight with Philippe sounded very exciting! Is there any footage of you in battle or jousting tournaments that you might be able to share with us?
I used to race dirt track. The helmet provided a little more vision than a knight's helmet. Yours may have been similar. There was no peripheral vision. I can imagine the bouncing and vibration on a galloping horse reduced vision like it did in the car with the limited vision. Even more so at night with dim lights. Then there was the dirt and mud.
Thank you so very much for sharing your passion of medieval history with us. These videos have helped me to appreciate and enrich many aspects of my life (I can't wait to use up the last of the plastic wrap and get the beeswax linen, and I never considered horseback riding and caring for horses when my baby boy is older, until I started watching your videos). In all sincerity, thank you.
That story about the lance hitting the cuisse was pretty scary. That seems like an awful lot of energy to be absorbed by a stop-rib. I'm glad everything went well! On a lighter note, would you be able to wash the arming clothes by hand? I would assume that if you were to use cold water and a washboard then it wouldn't shrink much. Though, I haven't tried it myself so I may be wrong on that
Evan I’m worried to try to wash it, so have never bothered. The seams are weak, and I really need to get a new one made to measure, but haven’t got round to it.
I've heard a lot of people say they don't wash their doublets (both civilian and arming garments). Sometimes they say that since there are many layers in it, it wouldn't dry up for a long time and build mold inside. Personally, I've never had any such trouble when washing my doublet from time to time by hand and letting it dry in the sun.
I suppose nobles would have a bunch of new arming clothes made to take with them on the march, whereas anyone who couldn't afford to have a few pairs would just get used to the smell. Provided the armour does its job, the smell shouldn't be too horrible because the blood, shit and piss would also get stopped by the armour.
What a marvelous bit of engineering. I wonder if when exoskeletons take off if engineers of the future will look at engineers of the past when designing future protection.
Subtleknife12367 i wouldn’t doubt it. In the first part of the 20th century, engineers took inspiration from medieval helmets when designing first generation steel fragmentation helmets.
You was born a long time ago and reborn today . You are a man and Person to lead a troop of soilders and they would follow you with a good protectet Feeling Take care and stay healthy Greetings from Germany Frank Galetzka
This guy's diplomacy and persuasion skills seem to be rather high, so as long as it's a lawful or maybe a neutral dragon, he could try reasoning with it and either avoid battle or even get the dragon to help him. Failing that, well... as a Paladin he gets to add his obviously massive charisma modifier to all his saving throws. That may just keep him alive.
A knight with his servants is a bit reminiscent of formula 1. Driver with a lot of staff and the drivers feedback on how the vehicle reacts has probably been the same just in terms of equipment adaptation and adjustment. Super nice review. 👍🏽
I was so glad to secure two of his books that he recommended _The Shadow Knight_ and also the book on business and life skills, which he wrote, where he uses basically the philosophy of the middle age knight in modern times ... he is quite a philosopher....inspiring!
Incredibly clever when one thinks of it... the way each piece interfaced with another!.... One never thinks of this.... so thank you so much for showing how ...it all worked! Loving your information.... (is there a time-machine.... ??? ) I would so be taking a trip in it! (History fanatic...!!!)
I love the details and the education you pack into every video! Thank you! ... And Pie rope, may be modern but I love it ... I think I shall name all my belts henceforth as pie ropes. :D
This video does a wonderful job of displaying how armor was designed as much for protection as it was for mobility. It's really astonishing what medieval smiths and armorers were able to accomplish with relatively rudimentary and primitive tools and understanding of the science of metallurgy.
Wow, that was a tremendously informative video. I've always been fascinated with full plate armour, but I've never taken the time to learn about it in detail. Obviously I've seen it in movies and also in fantasy crpg's, but those are generally high on the visual, low on the cerebral. I didn't quite realize how much work went into getting into a suit of armour so that was quite interesting to discover. Thanks again for a great vid!
Washing the fabric and ensuring maximum shrinkage before making garments out of it is one way of ensuring that the garments will not change shape too much when washed.
4:12 "a dent"... sir, I don't fear a knight in shiny armor. I fear the one whose armor is dented and battered all around, cause he fought a lot. And survived.
I looked a bit of your videos: great work man! Very scientific approach well explained even for non English mother tongue speakers like me. And the images, tools and experts are great too (not mentioning the magnificent horse which seems very well educated and friendly). Well done! I got French medieval noble ancestors and live in Angers, capitale of the Plantagenets empire (a detail which not lot of English knows even if some kings are burried few km from it, like the famous Richard the Lion Heart). I enjoy the fact that many people gain more fair interest into medieval period, which was not the dark nasty caricature we seen often, even in French republican public school History education, to justify the revolution of 1789 and the genocide of aristocracy and counter revolutionaries in Vendée (close to my town too like in Cholet or Nantes, historical capitale of Brittany, not named like that for nothing: bretons people are from British islands descent, fleeing the anglo saxons). Nobles were protecting paysants from market speculation, bankers, looting, djihadists and other strangers invasions, which seems not the case of European "bourgeoisie" politics today. Perhaps one day the people will know it. The "gilets jaunes" for me express that rebelion against many centuries of hypocritical policy and fake freedom, equality and democracy, in fact the socialist utopy which caused so many damages and kills all over the world. By the way, it was not the excess of wealth of the nobility class who leaded to revolution, it was new liberalism on food and paper money and State banking debt with interest (which is still the main problem today all over the world, but no more caused by aristocracy who was above all a military class, paying the "tribute of blood" (lower classes didn't fought in war in first medieval period)), which merchants claimed to be modernity, progress and which simply ruins poor people even more. Only a king for me can have the sufficient strength to break with all of that and come back to reasonable policy and efficient governement, because a king has no interest to destroy his own kingdom, heritage, people. The king is the nation's incarnation. A wise man learns from his mistakes, the wiser learns from the mistakes of the others. Confucius
