Knghtly Armes answers the question...
Answers to some of the most frequently questions submitted to Knyghtly Armes.
Q: What determined the kind of armour a knight would buy?
Unfortunately, very little English armour has survived from the fifteenth century. In fact, if you consider all of the “complete” sets of European armour on display in museums around the world, an overwhelming majority of them are actually...
Q: What did it take to become a knight?
Obviously everyone was not born into the gentry. It was a pool that had to be continually refilled. There was a practice in England, if not other countries, known as distraint for knighthood where the crown compelled wealthy persons to be knighted. It began...
Q: Did people really go around armed?
According to the Hollywood trope, everyone walked around with a sword on their hip (or on their back) during the Middle Ages. The question arises if there is any historical basis for it. The Statute of Northampton (Edward III) prohibited all persons from going...