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Armor and Weapons

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Armor and Weapons http://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-weapons/ For this assignment, I decided to research weapons, armor, and other protective articles used during wars during the Medieval England period. The first article I found was named Rebuilding the Fabulated Bodies of the Hoard-warriors . Rebuilding the Fabulated Bodies of the Hoard-warriors. This article provides a background and foundations for understanding the lifestyle for this period. Kingdoms were beginning to form due to the beginning of the colonization of tribes. The wardrobe during this time mostly represented danger and violence which installed fear in the lives of the common people. The enemies were referred to as “monsters”. The knights who fought against them should have been looked up to as heroes but instead, the knights were seen as contributors to the terror of war on the battlefield. The protective wardrobes were made to represent gods. The gold accessories added to the weapons symbolized wealt...