German vs. Italian Armor c. 1480 @lorica-clothing
German vs. Italian Armor c. 1480  @lorica-clothing
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Menswear enthusiasts will wax poetic about different regional styles of tailoring—but what about different regional styles of armor? Let’s take a magnifying glass to late 15th century German and Italian armor to tease out the subtle differences in their design (an excerpt from my full 20-minute video essay covering Western Europe more broadly).

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German vs. Italian Armor c. 1480

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