The Crusades And Dress Of The Medieval Warrior

We have all the knowledge about the crusades in the history of the class. But in case you fell asleep or were not heard, here is a brief overview. The crusades were a series of military expeditions in the Middle East from 1096 to 1291 AD. They were launched because they believed the Holy land of Israel were in the hands of the infidels, especially the Muslims.

The main objective was the city of Jerusalem to the Muslims again. Now you have a quick lesson on the crusades, we want to fight dress and armor of the crusader knight who traveled to the Holy Land. Although there are many different types of clothing for the soldiers, one of the main reasons was a standard chain mail armor battle dress. This is usually from a full length, full sleeves of riveted chain mail flat ring combination. This was the strongest form of chain mail available, and most also as protection.

Chain mail is generally much lighter than armored and greater freedom of movement. Chain mail was worn leggings are usually composed of the same material. While the chain mail surcoat was often worn. This was usually white or black in color and had a crusader cross sewn on the front is. During the journey, a blanket, may be worn, as well, and she wore the cross on it.The last point was that very often for many soldiers was the crusaders and the Sugar Loaf helmet.

Crusader medieval helmets were marked by the flat top and crusader cross, often with tongue-pressure relief on the front of the helmet to the middle. This was probably the only "armor" item that the soldiers wore, if anything cloth, leather and chain mail. Occasionally a chainmail hat (or hood) was worn in place of the helmet.