Armoured sleeveless jackets used by infantry in the Middle Ages
Not to be confused with Brigantine.
For the video game, see Brigandine (video game).
"Ciryon", "Círyon", and "Siryon" redirect here. For the etymology of Syria's name, see Name of Syria.
Brigandine from Handbuch der Waffenkunde (Handbook of Weaponry), Wendelin Boeheim, 1890.
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the late Middle Ages and up to the early Modern Era. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas, or leather, lined internally with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric, sometimes with a second layer of fabric on the inside.
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the late Middle Ages and up to the early Modern Era. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas,...
bullet-proof vest. The jack is similar to the brigandine. The main difference is in the method of construction: a brigandine is riveted whereas a jack is sewn. Jacks...
wealthier officers and soldiers. During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), brigandine began to supplant lamellar armour and was used to a great degree into...
the entire torso. Different forms of the coat of plates, known as the brigandine and jack of plates, remained in use until the late 16th century. The plates...
occasionally superseded by the brigandine jacket, the medieval forerunner of the flak jacket. In essence, the brigandine jacket was constructed of metal...
they were conventional for that region). Sleeves of brigandine worked as pauldron, and if a brigandine was long enough its laps could work as tassets. Another...
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hardened leather) were riveted inside the armor coat, forming a type of brigandine armor. Horses covered with scale armour are mentioned in the ancient Chinese...
decorative effect in large bold patterns over the armour. Predecessors Brigandine Transitional armour Successors Milanese armour Kasten-brust armour Arlen...
covered with kusari (chain armour), karuta (small armour plates), or kikko (brigandine), these armours or a combination of them were sewn to a cloth backing...
training. During later periods, Korean armour also included forms of brigandine, chain mail, and scale armour. Due to the cost of iron and steel equipment...
therefore, flak jackets functioned as an evolved form of plate armor or brigandine. The first flak jacket weighed 22 lb (10.0 kg). During the Korean and...
charges favoured by continental armies. Cuisses could also be made of brigandine or splinted leather, but beginning around 1340 they were typically made...
mail. However, it was still widely used by many soldiers, along with brigandines and padded jacks. These three types of armour made up the bulk of the...
of the Krivichs replaced them. According to the Chronicle of Michael Brigandine (1760), Princess Olga of Kiev founded Vitebsk (also recorded as Dbesk...
different combinations of mail and plate armour with lamellar armor and brigandines sometimes worn with a single round mirror plate as breast re-enforcement...
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(mail jackets) were constructed with mail sewn between layers of cloth. Brigandine Coat of plates Scale armour Andre-Driussi, Michael Andre-Driussi (2008)...
lamellar armour, laminar armour, plated mail, mail, plate armour, and brigandine. Around the dynastic Tang, Song, and early Ming Period, cuirasses and...
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