Encumbrance of armour

[James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>]

Poster: James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>

Anybody catch "Arms in Action" on The History Channel tonight?  Showed a
chap doing cartwheels in what he estimated was 70 pounds of plate armour
and mail.  So much for those theories about the armour's being so heavy
that a fallen knight couldn't move....

8)


Alasdair mac Iain



Laird Alasdair mac Iain of Elderslie
Dun an Leomhain Bhig
Canton of Dragon's Aerie  [southeastern CT]
Barony Beyond the Mountain  [northern & southeastern CT]
East Kingdom
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Argent, a chevron cotised azure surmounted by a sword and
in chief two mullets sable
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