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The clothing of former days.
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This is within in castle Heeswijk.In the 15e centuries was the complete body of the knight covers with iron gird themselves. The different components with to learn had been straps made to each other fixed. A knight needed, however, dress himself an hour. He attracted padded underwear, whereas the shield bearer girds itself the components of put ready. Leg protection was attached firstly to the oar. Afterwards udder shields came the back part, the shoulders and the forearm part, and finally the cap hand shoes and the helmet. Completely gird themselves 25 kilos weighed. And nevertheless the knight could move himself well, because it girds himself in fact complete smooth was. Of course protected it girds himself the knight much improve against swords and bludgeon then the coat of mail, but hanging-post truss arrows were not nevertheless also it gird themselves resistant.

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