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Chuck Russell




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PostPosted: Fri 03 Nov, 2006 4:40 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

hmmm have to find some french ordinences. never heard of archers wearing plate etc.
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PostPosted: Fri 03 Nov, 2006 5:49 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Chuck Russell wrote:
hmmm have to find some french ordinences. never heard of archers wearing plate etc.

Plate leg harness features fairly often in the discription of French mounted archers after the introduction of the ordonnace companies. Gilles le Bouvier (Berry King-of-Arms) bescribed the archers as:
"armed for most parts with brigandines, armour for the legs, and sallets, many of which were ornamented with silver; and at the least all of the had good jacks or haubergeons."

During the 1494 invasion of Italy the archers were described as wearing breast plates as well, though I can't find the exact quote at the moment.
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PostPosted: Fri 03 Nov, 2006 12:57 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Archer were plate armor all the time in period artwork, but that could just be convention. Could you draw a bow in full armor? I don't know.

The written sources I've seen suggest lighter armor, such as light brigandines and mail shirts.
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