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.

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 · These figures prove that armor for a horse could cost as much as that for a man, which is probably another reason why horse armor seems to have been comparatively rare. A footnote for this section cites The Paston Letters A.D. 1422-1509, ed. J. Gairdner. London: Chatto and Windus, 1904 (Vol. 4: 686).

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 Shrewsbury in 1403 with a limited penetration possibly caused by an arrow through the breathing holes of a bascinet.

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.

2013年2月7日 · The war-horse carrying this burden was itself armored by plates protecting nose, chest, and rump and caparisoned with draperies that got in the way of its legs. When his horse was felled, the knight, weighed down by by his armor and tangled in weapons, shield, and spurs, was likely to be captured before he could manage to rise.

2016年3月22日 · I think I also read something about ceremonial suits of armor being made for the pages of a 17th century Emperor, probably boys not yet of full stature. Russian Tsar Peter II (1715-1730) is sometimes depicted in armor, despite dying at the age of 14. Of course he might have been painted in imaginary armor.

2022年7月1日 · How effective was medieval horse armor? 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 Shrewsbury in 1403 with a limited ...

2018年3月17日 · In real life they could, without much difficulty. Jumping and running was also not a problem. The could mount a horse without assistance, and run short distances. Good armour fits the body well, all over. The weight was evenly distributed. If a knight fell in the mud at Agincourt, he would get up if he could. No armor gives perfect protection.

2016年3月1日 · A medieval knight in armor on a horse (with stirrups) was easily the equal of five to ten "peasants with pitchforks." That's because riding a horse would give the rider a momentum that was a multiple (three, four, five) times that of someone on foot.