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Composite Stechzeug - Where was This Produced?
The Jousting Armor was created in Nuremberg, Germany in the late 15th century. At the time, Germany was a loose collection of principalities and territories known as the Holy Roman Empire which had been the dominant political authority of Europe for centuries. The leader of the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Emperor, would have been selected by a group of the most influential princes and nobles within the Empire and then anointed by the Pope to legitimize his claim as both chosen by the people of the Empire and by God. The Holy Roman Emperor at the time of the jousting armor's creation was Emperor Maximillian I. When he was coronated as the Holy Roman Emperor in 1493, Maximillian was already the archduke of Austria and was a member of the Habsburg family which dominated European politics for centuries after he became emperor.