Barding
Body armour for war horses.
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Body armor
Protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks.
Protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks.
The horse was afforded protection from lances and infantry weapons by steel plate barding.
Spur
Metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding.
Metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding.
Though sometimes it has been claimed that the design changes were used because of barding, the use of barding had fallen out of fashion by the time the most elaborate spur designs were created.
Plate armour
Historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer.
Historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer.
Gradually the number of plate components of medieval armour increased, protecting further areas of the body, and in barding those of a cavalryman's horse.
Knight
Person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Other armors such as the facial armoring chanfron, were made for horses.
Caparison
Cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration.
Cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration.
In the Middle Ages, caparisons were part of the horse armour known as barding, which was worn during battle and tournaments.
Boiled leather
Historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes.
Historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes.
In the Late Middle Ages, the heyday of plate armour, cuir bouilli continued to be used even by the rich for horse armour and often for tournament armour, as well as by ordinary infantry soldiers.
Kumihimo
Traditional Japanese artform of making braids and cords.
Traditional Japanese artform of making braids and cords.
The most prominent historical use of kumihimo was by samurai, as a functional and decorative way to lace their lamellar armour and their horses' armor (barding).
Iazyges
Ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine.
Ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine.
They used long, two-handed lances called Contus; they wielded these from horses, which they barded.
Jousting
Martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament.
Martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament.
The Stechzeug in particular developed into extremely heavy armour which completely inhibited the movement of the rider, in its latest forms resembling an armour-shaped cabin integrated into the horse armour more than a functional suit of armour.
Man-at-arms
Soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully armoured heavy cavalryman.
Soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully armoured heavy cavalryman.
As early as the late 13th century, Edward I decreed that all his men-at-arms should be mounted on equus coopertus, that is armoured, or barded, horses.