12-01-2007, 09:11 PM
Quote:How is it irrelevant? You saidQuote: A steel cuirass over a mail haubergeon was a common combination in 14th-15th C Europe.Irrelevant for the time period being discussed.
the wonderful flexibility of the maille would be completely negated by the inflexibility of the solid cuirass strapped down over it.
If this were true then we would never see this combination used historically. Which is why I countered with the Medieval example.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books