- Arming doublet
An arming doublet (also called aketon) is a special padded jacket worn under armour, particularly
plate armour of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. An arming doublet containsarming points for attaching plates and fifteenth century examples may includegousset s sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italianwhite armour doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh.In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and
chivalry . [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/afas15/hd_afas15.htm]See also
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Gambeson External links
* [http://www.chronique.com/Library/Armour/armyd1.htm How a man shall be armed for his ease when he shall fight on foot] a mid-fifteenth century treatise on armor translated into modern English
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ufarm/hd_ufarm.htm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City] "The Function of Armor in Medieval and Renaissance Europe."
* [http://www.paladin-online.com/thekeep/ArmingPages/armingpage.htm How a Man Shal Be Armyd] modern reproduction of an arming doublet with diagrams and photographs
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