12-11-2013, 07:39 AM
I have to some extent studied the results from archeology at Visby, Sweden. Here a swedish army faced a danish one, 1361. It was a very hot summer and the dead (mostly the swedish peasant miltia falling victim to danish/german professionals) were dumped in a mass grave with armour and all to avoid disease spreading.
Anyways, the causes of death is in almost all cases damages to the cranium (mostly crushing but in some cases cutting damages). There after the damages are, in order, to the lower legs, lower arms, thighs, hand and upper arm. In almost all cases the torso itself is rather unharmed (well, what can be said from the bones at least - no serious trauma). This should tell something about the general effectiveness of armour.
Anyways, the causes of death is in almost all cases damages to the cranium (mostly crushing but in some cases cutting damages). There after the damages are, in order, to the lower legs, lower arms, thighs, hand and upper arm. In almost all cases the torso itself is rather unharmed (well, what can be said from the bones at least - no serious trauma). This should tell something about the general effectiveness of armour.
