Short knights, long daze
Posted by gkb on December 06, 1997 at 10:41:29:
In response to Shorter and smaller?, written by Constanza on November 26, 1997 at 13:25:02
] Were people shorter and of a smaller size 200 years ago or is this just a misconception I picked up somewhere?
I have heard (read?)that most suits of armor were made for men who were about 5 feet, two inches tall. Maybe medieval people were shorter on average?
Posting followups to old messages is disabled; instead go to the main index and post a new message which mentions this one.
