Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 996678" data-attributes="member: 545">The Renn Faire has actors that have not trained on the saddle hours per day since age 9.&nbsp; So it is a great convenience to them to have an unemcumbered hand to hold the reins.&nbsp; A real knight would have been able to do without.Knights really did joust.&nbsp; The jousting armor you are looking at is 15th or 16th century.&nbsp; Earlier knights typically wore a layer or two of&nbsp; mail, a thick padded undercoat, a coat or plates sewn into leather protecting the torso, a shield, a helm which was usually open faced 13th century or earlier.&nbsp; They were well protected on the torso and by their shield.&nbsp; A solid blow anywhere else was potentially crippling, even from a blunted jousting lance.&nbsp; Most people do not realize that skill wielding a shield was as important to a knight as handiness with a sword.&nbsp; A shield is not just something you strap to your arm -- it is actively used on offense and defense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 996678, member: 545"] The Renn Faire has actors that have not trained on the saddle hours per day since age 9. So it is a great convenience to them to have an unemcumbered hand to hold the reins. A real knight would have been able to do without. Knights really did joust. The jousting armor you are looking at is 15th or 16th century. Earlier knights typically wore a layer or two of mail, a thick padded undercoat, a coat or plates sewn into leather protecting the torso, a shield, a helm [i]which was usually open faced 13th century or earlier[/i]. They were well protected on the torso and by their shield. A solid blow anywhere else was potentially crippling, even from a blunted jousting lance. Most people do not realize that skill wielding a shield was as important to a knight as handiness with a sword. A shield is not just something you strap to your arm -- it is [i]actively[/i] used on offense and defense. [/QUOTE]

Verification