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Monster Essays - Medieval Weapons
Medieval Weapons
The weapons and protection of medieval times was quiet strange and
beautiful. Armor began as leather that had been tempered and soaked in a
substance, and when dried made it awfully stiff. Needless to say against
the early swords of the time it was not very effective. After the
discovery of steel, a new, more protective style of armor was developed. It
was known as chain mail. The armor was made of steel rings "knitted" or
linked together to form a tight shirt of metal. It was used widely and even
was developed to cover arms, legs, heads, and arms. Later chain mail would
be used to cover ....
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