Mart Shearer wrote: | ||||
I would say neither. To disprove it as a fact would only require one example of all riveted mail provably dating to before c.1275 or so, either extant or in inventory descriptions. To say that it is merely an assumption denies the evidence we have for all riveted construction becoming more common in Europe after c. 1300. Of course, all theories should be challenged in search of truth. |
I guess it depends on if you can believe this.
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