If Someone Tells You That The Fully Armored Man Of The Middle Ages Was So Encumbered By His Armor That He Could Not Rise If He Fell

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If someone tells you that the fully armored man of the Middle Ages was
so encumbered by his armor that he could not rise if he fell, you may
well ask yourself, first, if it is reasonable to assume that
professional soldiers would go on wearing armor that kept them from
fighting and second, if this theory is in line with what you know of
the heavily armored men of your personal acquaintance.
-- Niccola Sebastiani

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