The Burgonet and Other Medieval Helmets

The Burgonet typical helmet of the late 16th and early 17 century. In its simple form was developed by the foot and light cavalry. The visored Burgonet consisted of a (usually long) cap with a projection of the edge sizes of the eye shield, a protection-and-neck headphones. It was almost always a crest or comb.

Other forms of infantry head-gear much in vogue in the 16th century are Morion and Cabasset. The storm has a slight, round-shaped head-piece or helmet. The main features are an edge, an upright ridge along the crown from back to front, and the lack of security guards for the face, ears or neck. The rim was badly bent on the front and rear, and the piece was generally worn backwards, so that the neck. The Morion and the Cabasset, a pear-helmet with a flat edge and do not comb sizes, typical of the 16th infantry helmets and the beginning of the 17th century. It was sometimes worn without supervision by a bullet-proof vest.

The lower part of the extensive Burgonets worn by nobility and cavalrymen often a complete cover for the ear, cheek and chin, and closely linked to the gorget. Several types of eye was on a helmet, which is usually either fixed or simply bars upward continuations of the chin piece. Often a nose was the only face protection. The newest form of Burgonet in active service, the famous Cromwellian cavalry helmet, with its straight edge, which depends on the small flap of the three bars or stout wires together at the bottom.