This week’s piece of armour is the aketon. It’s another padded jacket, this time worn under armour rather than on top of it. It doesn’t take much imagination to realise that a body might need to be protected from its … Continue reading →| A Writer's Perspective
The surcoat was, like the jupon that replaced it, an outer garment made of rich material. It was worn over armour (at this point little more than chain mail) and was usually decorated with a coat of arms. It could … Continue reading →| A Writer's Perspective
Today I’m offering you a BOGOF (buy one get one free), as we’re talking about hauberks and their successors, habergeons. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the hauberk was the most effective for…| A Writer's Perspective
