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  • 81Lamellar armour — is a kind of personal armour consisting of small plates ( lames ) which are laced together in parallel rows. Lamellar armour evolved from scale armourFact|date=May 2007, from which it differs by not needing a backing for the scales. It is made… …

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  • 82Body armour — was the manufactured use of various materials to provide rigid and dense protection layer to an individual s body surface in combat. As such it could be improvised or designed, partial or fully covering, from light weight to one that is extremely …

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  • 83Cervelliere — c. 1240/1250. The cervelliere is a round, close fitting steel skull cap. It was worn as a helmet during the medieval period. History It was first introduced during the late 12th and was the primary head protection for Crusaders at that time and… …

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  • 84Twist ending — A twist ending or surprise ending is an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction, and which often contains irony or causes the audience to reevaluate the narrative or characters. A twist ending is the conclusive form of plot twists.… …

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  • 85Plot twist — A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film, television series, video game, novel, comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually… …

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  • 86The Wanderer (poem) — The Wanderer is an Old English poem from the 10th century, preserved in the Exeter Book. The date of composition is unknown but most certainly predates 1070 AD, as it was probably part of an earlier, oral literary culture.Overview The Wanderer is …

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  • 87Gorget — For the feathers, see gorget (bird). The gorget shown in this 1772 portrait of Colonel George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, worn as part of Washington s uniform in the French and Indian War to symbolize his commission as an officer in the… …

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  • 88Viking Age arms and armour — Our knowledge about arms and armour of the Viking age (8th to 11th centuries Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representation, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and Norse laws recorded in… …

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  • 89Couter — External images Large couter(The left couter on this armour has large wings to protect the inside of the arm.) …

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  • 90Brigandine — Not to be confused with Brigantine. For the video game, see Brigandine (video game). A brigandine is a form of body armour from the Middle Ages. It is a cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to… …

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