Re: (TFT) Stewing in Your Own Juices

[ErolB1@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/2006 12:38:51 PM Central Daylight Time, 
someotherwag@earthlink.net writes:


> On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:57 AM, lifeisfun@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > 2. Get on a horse, unassisted
> 
> He might.  I've heard of people being able to turn cartwheels in  
> plate armor.
> 

My understanding was that a new-made knight was expected to *leap* into the 
saddle of a horse, as part of the ceremony & one of the tests of knightly 
prowess. And on a battle field, a knight might well need to mount a new horse, 
without friends around, if he lost his old one. 

I believe that lot of the confusion wrt the unwieldlyness of "full plate" 
comes from confusing the full plate that was the top-of-the-line battle armor 
used in late medieval times and the specialized "jousting armor" which was 
extra-heavy, single-purpose armor roughly analogous to the highly & wierdly 
specialized equipment used in modern Olympic games (e.g. the olympic target bows with 
the long stabilizer rods sticking out in three directions).

Erol K. Bayburt
Evil Genius for a Better Tomorrow
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