And some bloody images...
P.D.
Do you know who is the guy with the ¨Papal helm¨?
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![Knight XIII Century altarpiece.JPG](files/knight_xiii_century_altarpiece_132.jpg)
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![Knight XV Century.jpg](files/knight_xv_century_106.jpg)
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![KNight XIII Century 3.jpg](files/knight_xiii_century_3_704.jpg)
Here is the guy with the ¨papal helm¨
Jared Smith wrote: |
I don't know many people who can withstand repeated head on collision with an inflexible object at a net speed of 30 to 40 mph. My suspicion is that the lances had more give, and were somewhat specialized for the application compared to a typical foot spear. It could be that they were allowed to slip through the couch to a degree, but abrupt shattering and hard impact is precisely how period texts (epics, poems, eye witness accounts) glamorized lance impact in the surviving literature of the early 13th century. |
Rodolfo Martínez wrote: |
hello guys, i was digging around and i find this XIII century altarpiece image, showing somekind of man-at-arms with a shield and what it seems to ba a bastard sword.
And some bloody images... |
Lafayette C Curtis wrote: | ||
The second image doesn't seem to be 13th-century at all--the armor is definitely 15th-century in provenance. Is there an implied off-topic remark in it? |
Rod Walker wrote: |
Lances are breakable, but as you can see in the other clips they still hit like a hammer. |