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The other day, I popped into my local used bookstore for the first time, and I was surprised at the variety of the books. A wall dedicated to medieval history, another one or two dedicated to military history, and, of course, entire sections dedicated to more general history. The problem, of...

Did the caprisons serve any purpose except easy identification? I've heard that it went over mail like a surcoat, but I've seen nothing to back this up. For that matter, how common was this sort of mail horse-armor in Western Europe? Actually, what was the state of horse armor in medieval times?

From the chronicles of Froissart: http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/froissart/delawarr.htm "On the first shock, several were unhorsed, killed and wounded on both sides. Many handsome deeds were [done]: they dismounted, and began to thrust with their spears, each party...

When my great-grandparents passed away, among their possessions was a three-volume set of books, A Critical Inquiry into Antient Arms and Armour (sic), As It Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, From The Norman Conquest to The Reign of King Charles II, by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick...

I've been reading through Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror and a translation of Froissart's Chronicles online at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/froissart/tales.htm, and one thing that's struck me is how often battle-axes are mentioned, despite their relative scarcity in...

Over the holidays, I got a slightly used Windows laptop. When I installed M&B and started it up, regardless of the resolution, the game would stretch to fit the whole screen. On my previous laptop, which also had a wide screen, I wouldn't have this problem; instead, there would be black bars on...