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Did Knights Wear Socks? Fashionable armour for the rich

Medieval and Tudor knights always liked to look their best, whether fighting on the battlefield or displaying their prowess in tournaments, and they kept up with the latest fashions in arms and armour.

This talk considers the practicalities of mail shirts, how hemlines went down and up in the 11th to 15th Centuries, ‘designer label’ Tudor armour, and what knights wore underneath!

How did a knight put his armour on, and did he wear socks?

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