flat ring chainmail leggings chausses hoses rivete Keltische broches en fibulae either as the sole form

either as the sole form of head protection or beneath a larger helmet

The sleeveless jacket is crafted from cotton

In one of the graves

including fragments found in a marsh near the Danish Kragelund

Damascus steel combines the good properties of softer and harder steel

flat ring chainmail leggings chausses hoses rivete Keltische broches en fibulae either as the sole formChainmail chausses were the standard type of metal leg protection in Europe from the 9th century until the early 14th century. They offered flexible protection against most weapons but were gradually replaced by iron plate armour from the second half of the 13th century. The earliest examples date from the 9th century, such as a chainmail covered foot in the Kyulevcha catacombs in Bulgaria. Byzantine art depicts calf length chainmail chausses in