Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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My responses to Weird History's video about how medieval armor was more dangerous than not wearing any at all. This is a much longer video than I usually do, but I had a lot of points to make on it, especially as someone who has experience fighting in armor with historical techniques.

The Leeds study:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2011.0816

Running in Medieval Armor:
youtube.com/watch?v=y1YEkuWYUKM

Dr Daniel Jacquet's obstacle course comparison:
(who I have met, and seen a presentation in person)
youtube.com/watch?v=pAzI1UvlQqw

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Timeline:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:10 Opening
0:00:20 Fact 1
0:01:58 Fact 2
0:02:51 Fact 3
0:05:49 Fact 4
0:06:40 Fact 5
0:09:24 Fact 6
0:11:46 Fact 7
0:12:24 Fact 8
0:14:30 Fact 9
0:16:02 Fact 10
0:17:47 Fact 11
0:30:51 Fact 12
0:36:43 Fact 13
0:36:55 Fact 14
0:37:22 Fact 15
0:39:29 Fact 16
0:41:20 Fact 17
0:42:31 Fact 18
0:44:22 Fact 19
0:46:47 Fact 20
0:47:43 Fact 21
0:51:13 Fact 22
0:53:19 Fact 23
0:55:37 Fact 24
0:56:15 Fact 25
1:03:10 Fact 26