Part one of term paper
ARMOR The weapons and protection of medieval times was quiet strange and beautiful. Armor began as leather that had been tempered and soaked in a substance, and when dried made it awfully stiff. Needless to say against the early swords of the time it was not very effective. After the discovery of steel, a new, more protective style of armor ...

Part two of term paper
... was that it was useless to small daggers, arrows, and lateral sword swings. Slowly but surely the use of chain mail among knights started to decline (it was still used frequently by foot soldiers). This is where the typical "knight in shining armor" comes in. The new crossbows and sharper blades introduced a need for a stronger piece of armor that was a single plate. Huge suits of plate armor were developed and used to fend off any attacks. They could withstand sword blows and even arrows. The ...