CHAPTER VI
THE CHAIN MAIL PERIOD, 1180-1250
Fig. 96.
The essential differences between this period and the last are: (1) the substitution of chain mail for the jazeraint, mascled, and scale armour which had formerly been used; (2) the adoption of the pot-helm or heaume as a secondary defence for the head in place of the conical helmet, the coif-de-mailles, or the pot-de-fer under the mail; (3) the introduction of the sleeveless surcoat and the crest.
Fig. 97.—Painted “Pot Helmet,” c. 1241.