Medieval Armor

In the starting of medieval era there was defense armor against enemies, animals. There were only weapons like stone weapons etc. Humans have fought over assets or soil ever since early humans began to grow crops or keep domestic animals. The earliest weapons were probably rocks, sticks, and animal bones and were used in one of two ways. Some were carried to strike a blow or to cut. Other weapons were made to be thrown or shot at the enemy from a distance. After some time, humans developed particularly formed arms from flint and stone, and by about 5000 b.c., copper was being used.

After this came bronze, then iron, and lastly steel, which made the strongest armor and sharpest blades. Many other resources have also been used, such as whalebone, leather and horn. Rapidly, those who had to fight began to protect themselves by having shields. Sometimes they also wore body armor. Armor was designed to give the best promising protection against increasingly lethal weapons. The armor could not be too heavy or so difficult to wear that a soldier could not move properly. This constant struggle between attack and defense has continued right up to the present day with each producer trying to produce better equipment than his or her rivals.

The Mail Armor was first used in England during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The mail armor was the forerunner of what the great knights of England later wore during battles and jousts. By the 12th century a knight attacked with the lance tucked under his arm, using the momentum of the galloping horse to drive the pointed steel head into the target. Mail was made from many small iron rings joined together, each closed with a tiny pin called a rivet. Sometimes every other row was made of welded rings.