01-16-2022, 12:08 AM
(01-15-2022, 11:26 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: This should put to bed any arguments that linen armour was cheap. The sources suggest that it was only available to the upper class.Agreed! It is very labor intensive --to create and to make the materials used in its creation. Scale armour would be a lot easier to make.
The armour is like a fancy zoot suit for war.
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