I became interested in the technology behind medieval armour during Covid-19 lockdown (who didn’t pick up a new hobby?) and the opportunity to see reproduction armour in use during a joust was too good to miss. Over the May ’24 bank holiday weekend, Leeds Castle at Maidstone hosted 3 days of jousting, and I managed to get there for the final day.
It was great seeing the variety of armours in use, and the choices each “knight” was making about protection vs mobility and function. I’m not going to talk at length about that here, as the pictures will do a much better job – enjoy!
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