Armor can be a Double-Edged Sword

Kiran David Singapogu

January 24, 2020

Lesson 17

Armor can be a Double-Edged Sword

During the Middle Ages, armor and weapons were highly prized possessions of the warriors, known as knights. The first armor was made of chain mail, thousands of rings joined together, it was strong enough to stop arrows, which was useful in battle. [4]Advancing weapons was the crossbow, which was fashioned well, now, chain mail could no longer stop arrows. Therefore, the blacksmiths put metal plates on the chain mail. [2]After a few years, armor was sophisticated and grew in weight. [1]Blacksmiths even created a glove with metal spikes on it. knights were covered from head to toe in armor.  [3]Astonishingly, armor came to the point where a regular helmet could weigh a whopping 50 pounds! Two were necessary to put armor on a knight, because the armor weighed so heavily. [5]Since there was a large amount of weight, if a knight fell of his horse, it would be very hard for him to fight. As you can see, the armor and weapons of a knight could be a double-edged sword(pun intended).