evan

does someone know if knights still wore a full armor when fighting during summer, because surely it would be unbearable with the heat ?

Well yes, most wars/battles/campaigns were fought during summer, so they would have been fully geared up in whatever armour was relevant for their historical period. Besides, you would absolutely choose to suffer under a bit of heat, if it means you're less likely to die from a peasant with a cheap spear. How much armour you wear (assuming you could afford to be fully kitted in the first place), would normally come more down to how much time you had to get it all on, or if your particular situation demanded less amour for whatever reason. Partial first hand source: me. At the last three years of #krigslive I've been running around in, not full but, "half plate" (I believe the best term for it is) during early summer, given though thats LARP grade clothes and armour. And trust me, it doesn't really matter what time of year, it's always hot.

tysm for such a detailled answer, really interesting !!

"Wow, you're really good at this, you should do this professionally" okay but have you considered that I don't want to because that would suck all the fun out of this thing that I do for fun and entertainment and it's actually a conscious choice to not do this professionally because that would destroy the very reason I do this to begin with

"You should monetize this hobby" You should go outside and leave me alone

i think if you put in enough academic investment at some point you should be allowed to talk about long dead historical figures like theyre your friends

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