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  • ==Mail Shirts== ...on times was mail. The term 'chainmail' not being coined until the 1700's. Mail of the period was made by cutting thin strips of iron from a piece of sheet
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  • ...hirts are only usually seen while performing manual labour or worn under a mail shirt. |Caption = A professional warrior, with a mail shirt, sword and seax. His woad dyed cloak is closed by an typical English
    27 KB (3,791 words) - 19:06, 26 January 2018
  • ...Mail shirts also have an integral hood and some warriors in addition wear mail leg protection. ...long bows and crossbows. Most arrows are bodkins, designed to pierce mail-shirts.
    2 KB (255 words) - 15:24, 23 January 2018
  • ...the new industrialised towns churn out evermore weapons, helmets and mail shirts. ...en shield is the primary form of defence. During this 60 year period, mail shirts slowly become more numerous, going from being restricted to the wealthy in
    2 KB (327 words) - 19:55, 21 January 2018
  • ...bow and to mid-thigh. The rich however now wear the haulberk style, a long mail shirt coming to the knees, split front and back and with an integral coif. ...ted combat become common. Most arrows are bodkins, designed to pierce mail-shirts.
    2 KB (302 words) - 15:23, 23 January 2018
  • ...d in leather or cloth and with an iron boss covering the centre grip. Mail shirts are usually only available to rich aristocrats and professional warriors, a With the increased number of mail-shirts comes the bodkin arrow head. These are specifically designed to pierce armo
    2 KB (321 words) - 19:58, 21 January 2018
  • ...on the other hand have access to the latest military equipment. Full mail shirts designed to cover the entire body including mailed mittens and foot covers. ...long bows and crossbows. Most arrows are bodkins, designed to pierce mail-shirts.
    1 KB (226 words) - 15:25, 23 January 2018
  • ...was almost always guaranteed. So either there was an expectation that more mail was owned by the lithsmen on board or this figure of one shirt is erroneous
    5 KB (915 words) - 20:08, 31 October 2018
  • ...equipped token force accompanied the King, their shields, spears and mail shirts were mostly left at the ships. They were surprised by King Harold, arriving
    15 KB (2,772 words) - 17:45, 27 August 2018