- A
hauberk or
byrnie is a mail shirt. The term is
usually used to
describe a
shirt reaching at
least to mid-thigh and
including sleeves. A
haubergeon ("little...
- East as late as the 17th century. A coat of this
armour is
often called a
hauberk or
sometimes a byrnie. The
earliest examples of
surviving mail were found...
-
early developments of such harness, was
described being worn
under the
hauberk, thus not
being visible when all the
armor was
properly worn. The evidence...
- (fauld or t****et)
Wakibiki (bezagews)
Nodowa (gorget)
Kusari katabira (
hauberk)
Kikko katabira (brigandine) Kôgake (sabaton)
Kusari shikoro (aventail)...
- the
breast was worn in
earlier times by men-at-arms in
addition to mail
hauberks and
reinforced coats. It was not
until the 14th
century that the plate...
- centuries, as body
armour moved from
simple mail
hauberks to full
plate armour. The
couter was
added to the
hauberk to
better protect the elbows, and splinted...
-
armour was
chainmail hauberks,
usually knee-length, with
slits to
allow riding, some with
sleeves to the elbows. Some
hauberks may have been made of...
-
knights (French: chevaliers)
called the fief de haubert,
referring to the
hauberk, or
chain mail
shirt worn
almost daily by knights, as they
would not only...
-
knights in the
early stages of the
Reconquista were
equipped with mail
hauberk, kite shield, a long
sword (designed to
fight from the horse), javelins...
-
Detail of
inlaid br****
writing box, with
soldier wearing a
hauberk. Mosul, 1230–1250 CE,
British Museum....
