Armor

Armor was hot, heavy and very expensive. The armor worn in Early Middle Ages was chain mail, usually called mail in the Middle Ages. Chain mail was a bunch of metal links. Under neath the chain mail suit knights wore. They acted as an extra barrier when chain mail didn’t work. As armor advaced so did the weapons. In the  High Middle Ages knights  wer ** e ** wearing armor plates. Then they started building it up from the toes all the way up to the head. AS more armor was added, it became very heavy to wear. Suits of armor weighed between 50 – 70 pounds.

Information sources: Gravett,Chistopher. //The World of the Medieval Knight//, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1996. Animations: []