It’s worth mentioning there’s different kinds of full plate armour, too. It’s going to be harder to move around in something designed for mounted jousting, with hard impacts and strict rules, than something made for actual infantry use. That being said, you can obviously jump up on a horse even in jousting armour, and this is an actual knight who we can assume is in excellent physical condition and has a lifetime of practice.
Contrary to popular belief, a set of full plate does not slow you down or limit your mobility at all. If it did it would not have been so widely adopted.
It’s a reasonable assumption but there was a… French? king who survived a battlefield gut wound because the knife stuck in his stomach to the hilt didn’t make it through the fat.
Knights were nobility by definition, and it was precisely as plate became a reality that conditioning standards were dropping.
Of course they also brings up that what a “knights full armor” is varies widely by time and place
The lion lacks a can opener.
But the setting was a fight to death, therefore we have to assume that the lion actually wants to kill, not just eat.
So the lion strikes once, and the knight goes down immediately from the blow. Then it’s over because of the immobility caused by the full armor.
You can absolutely get back up while wearing a suit of armour.
Yes, but only like an old man. Not like fighter who survives.
Not sure you know what you’re talking about.
https://youtu.be/qzTwBQniLSc
It’s worth mentioning there’s different kinds of full plate armour, too. It’s going to be harder to move around in something designed for mounted jousting, with hard impacts and strict rules, than something made for actual infantry use. That being said, you can obviously jump up on a horse even in jousting armour, and this is an actual knight who we can assume is in excellent physical condition and has a lifetime of practice.
Contrary to popular belief, a set of full plate does not slow you down or limit your mobility at all. If it did it would not have been so widely adopted.
I don’t know your physical shape.
It would slow me down terribly.
Well the post says “knight in full armor,” implying a person in good shape.
It’s a reasonable assumption but there was a… French? king who survived a battlefield gut wound because the knife stuck in his stomach to the hilt didn’t make it through the fat.
Knights were nobility by definition, and it was precisely as plate became a reality that conditioning standards were dropping.
Of course they also brings up that what a “knights full armor” is varies widely by time and place