| Show LOATH TO GIVE UP ARMOR nobles wore it as gala costume long after it was of any value as protection until the sixteenth century armor developed in a logical way its dormi were governed by the feces necessities atles ot of war changes in it were the lie result of practical experience nil anil actual experiment on the tha battlefield not decided upon unon in the office ot of the minister of war after the sixteenth century it became fantastic and menn meaningless ingless a gala costume rather than a harness tile the greatest captains opposed its use but the nobles clung citing to it ns as a mark of 0 distinction after it was made bulletproof it become became zo io enormously heavy that flint tit at tha end of nf the sixteenth century lanotte complained t that ila t g gentlemen e nt I 1 em e n of I 1 thirty har t Y were already alre ady oe deformed formed by tile lie weight of their armor in spite of the huge hug ge armors armor of henry VITT VIII of anthony of burgundy anil ot of some borne others the average size of I 1 tile ha modern man is greater than that of tho the soldier of the ibe middle ages and the renaissance nals sance it if we enn can judge front from the armors preserved in the museums of england and tile continent which are with few exceptions small and narrow especially in the leg and thigh pieces |
