Experience the reality of wearing 15th-century German Gothic armor at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Discover how the suit's weight and fit truly affect mobility and comfort, defying common myths about medieval knights.
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• Can You Move in Armour?
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• Can You Move in Armour?
Jaquet, D., Bonnefoy Mazure, A., Armand, S., Charbonnier, C., Ziltener, J. L., & Kayser, B. (2016). "Range of motion and energy cost of locomotion of the late medieval armoured fighter: A proof of concept of confronting the medieval technical literature with modern movement analysis". Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 49(3), 169–186.
Nickel, H. “The Mutual Influence of Europe and Asia in the field of Arms and Armour”, in Nicolle, D., ed., 2002. A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour.
Phillips, C. 2014. The Illustrated History Of Knights & The Golden Age Of Chivalry.
Talhoffer, H. 2000. Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat. Rector, M. ed.
Thompson, PE, 1956. The Hundred Years War.
Woosnam-Savage, RC (2021) Of knights, cranes, hoists and winches…; the myth of how knights mounted horses, Arms & Armour, 18:2, 224-255
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