suit of armor
Written by Ms. Confuse on Sunday, April 13, 2008When did the suit of armor become obsolete?The suit of armor became obsolete during the French-English war and after the Battle of Crécy (1346) in particular.
The knights with the suit of armor were in fact a sort of medieval tanks. During the Battle of Crécy the English however abandonded all pretence of a war of chivalry and instead of making their knights attack the french knights they instead attacked the French horses. The French knights fell over and because of the enormous weight of their armors they were lying on the ground helplessly and unable to get up or move. This allowed the English soldiers to kill them. The English, although greatly outnumbered in this battle beat the French. After using the same tactics during later battles the armored Knight became part of the history books.
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