1media/DP101957_thumb.jpg2024-02-22T12:23:08-08:00Zachary Barneyf5cc51c4ef7458536b9f67e6f461f73621becb95444042Pair of Tournament Pauldrons (Shoulder Defenses) by Lorenz Helmschmid, 1500, Germany, Metropolitan Museum of Artplain2024-02-29T11:51:55-08:00Zachary Barneyf5cc51c4ef7458536b9f67e6f461f73621becb95
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12024-02-21T20:03:14-08:00Composite Stechzeug - Who Made It?7plain2024-03-12T06:39:54-07:00Zachary Barney, Class of 2025, College of the Holy Cross
Jousting armor was made by specialist armorers who charged large sums of money to create sophisticated armor for the noblemen who commissioned it. Plate armor requires substantial expertise: for instance, armor covering the shoulders is manufactured from overlapping plates in order to keep the joints flexible. The plates would fold into each other when the arm was lifted and spread out when it was lowered. Any suit of jousting armor would have been the prize of any noble's armor collection, and they would take great care to ensure that their jousting armor remained in good condition.