Clothing In The Twelfth Century

Up to the center of the 12th century the shielded sleeves (kote) really were just a single sleeve, worn on the left arm to shield it from the bow-string. In the second piece of the century sleeves for the two arms started to show up and their capacities and development were changed keeping in mind the end goal to include assurance against edge weapons. The gauntlets (tekko) could be isolated from the kote, however as a rule they were joined to it, shaping one component.
The greaves (suneate) shield the legs, however the earliest ones offered no protection for the knees. within the twelfth century the primary knee-guards, as integral elements of the suneate, appeared. The suneate were made of steel, lacquered animal skin or the Japanese mail