I admire guys... I would get overwhelmed just being in such a restricted suit. But it's definitely great to watch *flips medieval veil* Kidding aside, I know understand the role of the squire and whoever helped the knight put all this together. I remember being SO obsessed by illustrated books on the Middle Ages when I was a child, and I remember being impressed at the fact that to become a knight, you had to be his help first for some time. That was the only account I had, as a kid, of how hard work shapes character and how being a helper doesn't mean you're not great. I didn't have role models, but books taught me a lot.
Being a squire would certainly be quite labour intensive and you'd have to be a jack of all trades. But the perks to the job must have been incredible. A good squire would be the equivalent of a good Personal Assistant and they would have likely been well rewarded by their master if they were consistently hard working, fast, and reliable.
We have a lot of surviving evidence that they commonly would ditch the bevor. So yes, a knight with this armor would likely own a bevor, but may have decided to forgo or remove it for any number of reasons.
Funnily enough he did decide to ditch his bevor on that day because it was quite hot and his maille standard was enough protection for him on that day :)
@@davemccracken3457 Definitely well into the time period where tournament armors were becoming more and more specialized. I wouldn't even want to joust with a sallet and bevor, much less sans bevor lol.
Nope, not at all. The armour only weighs about 30kg including the maille and is equally suspended from various limbs, shoulders, hips and back so it doesn't feel like you're wearing anything heavy at all. A 30kg backpack (fairly minimum British army standard for a soldier on deployment) would feel far heavier than a full suit of armour. :)
He looks like a knight even without the armοur.
Gorgeous isn't he
I admire guys... I would get overwhelmed just being in such a restricted suit. But it's definitely great to watch *flips medieval veil*
Kidding aside, I know understand the role of the squire and whoever helped the knight put all this together. I remember being SO obsessed by illustrated books on the Middle Ages when I was a child, and I remember being impressed at the fact that to become a knight, you had to be his help first for some time. That was the only account I had, as a kid, of how hard work shapes character and how being a helper doesn't mean you're not great. I didn't have role models, but books taught me a lot.
Being a squire would certainly be quite labour intensive and you'd have to be a jack of all trades. But the perks to the job must have been incredible.
A good squire would be the equivalent of a good Personal Assistant and they would have likely been well rewarded by their master if they were consistently hard working, fast, and reliable.
Best power rangers suit up montage ever😂
then you got shooted by an arrow straight in the face
XD
That happened all too often.
Imagine if gunpowder was never discovered and we advanced without it
That’s awesome!
It can Be without the shoulders, some times gauntlets and leg armour, but is always better to have the complete set.
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Does look pretty impressive
personaly, if there were no red tunic thingy, it would look better, but thats my oppinion, u look very good there eitehr way
The surcoat is worn to identify the knights heraldry so they would have been a common and vital component of armour during this period.
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy yeah yeah, im just sayin that shiny looks better, but in mid of battle, i would rarther have that XD
Very cool.
What if you feel itchy in the back?
Good luck, basically!
For a second I got memories about fallout
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wish you had the lower part of the helmet as well
He owns a Bevor but opted not to wear it for this reenactment event
So close, you needed some Game of Thrones music bro
that is game of thrones music though?
@@Raoul. how can one be this thick skullled
Shouldn’t your squire help you get fitted up😂…should have watched to the end before commenting lol
Cool 😄
Shouldn't there be a bevoir for neck protection with that armor?
We have a lot of surviving evidence that they commonly would ditch the bevor. So yes, a knight with this armor would likely own a bevor, but may have decided to forgo or remove it for any number of reasons.
Funnily enough he did decide to ditch his bevor on that day because it was quite hot and his maille standard was enough protection for him on that day :)
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy Sounds reasonable. It was just after he put his helmet on the unarmored gap of his neck jumped out at me.
@@awilk418 Makes sense. I'm just used to armoring jousters, where neck protection is emphatically not optional.
@@davemccracken3457 Definitely well into the time period where tournament armors were becoming more and more specialized. I wouldn't even want to joust with a sallet and bevor, much less sans bevor lol.
Isnt it very difficult to move with such a heavy armour?
Nope, not at all. The armour only weighs about 30kg including the maille and is equally suspended from various limbs, shoulders, hips and back so it doesn't feel like you're wearing anything heavy at all.
A 30kg backpack (fairly minimum British army standard for a soldier on deployment) would feel far heavier than a full suit of armour. :)
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No gorget!?
No he opted not to wear one for the reenactment battle. If it were a real battle then he may have worn one
Why is every inch of you covered in iron, but not the face :D
Knights like to see
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy yea, but getting stabbed in the face kinda sucks though....
Armour is a constant trade-off of protection and mobility
Didn’t Muskets arrive soon, goodbye armour
Haha well there was quite an overlap where armour was still necessary for about 200 years after the adoption of muskets