Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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I often observe 21st century people dismiss beautiful armors as purely decorative objects. Folks look at these harnesses, conclude that they seem too beautiful for the battlefield, and just write them off as “parade” armors that sat in some castle unused and pristine, only donned for ceremony or for portraiture. But people of the past deeply understood how fashion and function could be blended to create objects of immense beauty and influence.

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*VIDEO CONTENTS*
00:00 - Intro
02:25 - Chapter One, Medieval Male Beauty
03:22 - Arming Doublets
04:05 - Knightly Insecurity
05:19 - Chapter Two, Kastenbrust
07:18 - Chapter Three, German Gothic
08:32 - Chapter Four, Maximilian
09:02 - Microtrend: Landsknecht Armor
10:20 - Maximilian I and Image as Power
11:02 - Closing Remarks

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