{"id":30448,"date":"2018-12-14T17:48:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T23:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revivalclothing.com\/?post_type=product&p=30448"},"modified":"2024-02-07T23:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T05:54:35","slug":"arming-cotte","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/revivalclothing.com\/product\/arming-cotte\/","title":{"rendered":"14-15th c. Agincourt Arming Cotte"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Size Chart<\/p>

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Max. Chest Measurement<\/p><\/td>

Max. Waist Measurement<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Small<\/p><\/td>

36-42\u2033 \/ 92-107 cm<\/p><\/td>

33-39\u2033 \/ 84-99 cm<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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38-44\u2033 \/ 96-112 cm<\/p><\/td>

36-42\u2033 \/ 91-107 cm<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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40-46\u2033 \/ 101-117 cm<\/p><\/td>

38-44\u2033 \/ 96-112 cm<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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46-52\u2033 \/ 116-132 cm<\/p><\/td>

44-50\u2033 \/ 112-127 cm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

This chart is meant as a general reference and there is considerable leeway with garment because you can lace it to fit you exactly. Because this garment has a \u2018 port-piece\u2019 (a period term for the front placket, also called a modesty panel in modern terms) you can lace in anywhere within the range given and you will still be completely covered. The nature of fit of a laced garment is very forgiving and will permit a good fit even if you are a bit smaller or larger than the given sizes. The smallest measurement indicates the size with the arming cotte laced to meet in the middle and the widest where the placket extend to, or the largest size it will lace to and still have the placket cover the front completely. It won\u2019t precisely lace up to meet in the middle on most people (unless you happen to be that exact size) but that is not necessary in order to fit correctly or look good. Please note that if you are on the cusp between sizes that you generally want to choose a smaller size because the garment is meant to be worn laced tightly in order to support the leg harness around the hip area. In other words, it more desirable that there be a space between the two front edges, where it laces, rather than have it be even a little loose. That way you can lace very tightly from your waist to your hips in order to keep the weight and pull of your leg harness exclusively on your lower body, which is how this garment is designed to be used. If your arming cotte is not laced very tightly around your waist and hips some of the weight of your leg harness can be distributed up to the shoulders, which greatly increases fatigue.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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White, Black, Red, Royal Blue, Burgundy, Purple<\/p>

Slate Blue, Sage, Dark Green,\u00a0Oatmeal, Dark Brown, Gold<\/p>

Note: <\/em>Please note, only some colors are available in the heavier weight linen we use in making this product. Also, with the difficulty of accurately representing colors on a variety of monitors, the color names are meant as descriptions along with the swatches. Please use both when deciding on what color to order. Also, despite how the colors may appear on your monitor the same color names in Wool, Silk and Linen are different and do not exactly coordinate.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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About our Agincourt Arming Cotte<\/p>

Dateline: 25 October 1415<\/p>


It wasn\u2019t supposed to be like this.<\/em><\/p>

It had been a hard six weeks siege, but then Harfleur was yours. You set out from the city anxious to see Calais, the Channel, and then good English fields.<\/p>

Then it all began going wrong. First, they blocked the ford across the Somme, so the King ordered the army on to Amiens. You crossed only to find yourselves in battle at Corbie. Yes, you carried the day, but to what end? A full week later of forced marching and you\u2019re tired, sick, hungry, and still fifty miles from Calais and a ship for home. And that\u2019s the good news. The bad news is that you\u2019re trapped. From the Dukes of Orleans and Bourbon to the Marshal Boucicault himself, the entire flower of French chivalry stands between you and the road home. Hell, they\u2019re encamped across the road! Last night, as you sat shivering in a soul-soaking fall rain, you could hear laughter, even singing from their camp. Like hundreds of others, you waited to see the priest and confess your sins. He says today is the Feast of St. Crispin and Crispianus. You can\u2019t see what good the patron saints of shoemakers will be against a fresh army three times the size of your own, but as you point your legs to your arming coat, you muse that if they could do something, you be forever thankful\u2026.<\/p>

By that fateful day in October of 1415 the great 14th century \u201carms race\u201d was over and the \u201cknight in shining armour\u201d had been born. From bascinet to sabatons, full and fully-articulated plate armour was not only possible, but increasingly common for men of station. While this eliminated the need for either both the mail shirt and the thickly quilted gambeson beneath it, it introduced some new challenges. Armour is only as useful as it is mobile, so how do you keep all of those different pieces in place?<\/p>

If you already wear, or are building, a full-harness of armour c.1380 \u2013 1450 or don\u2019t want the padding of a gambeson under your armour, then we are pleased to provide that answer! Designed in conjunction with Doug Strong, co-founder of the Armour Research Society, our Agincourt Arming Cotte has been carefully engineered for ease of movement, durability and authenticity. Based on both the tightly-fitted cotehardie of the 1390s and the early 15th century doublets that grew from them, this garment is designed to keep your arm and leg harness hanging exactly where it belongs, while distributing its weight across your entire torso. Just think, no more twisting, sliding or pinching from your own armour! And as an added bonus, it\u2019s an awfully sharp garment in its own right! We\u2019ll never know what went through the minds of the men who took to the muddy fields of Agincourt, but we do know that they expected their armour and their arming clothes to work. With this arming cotte, you can too.<\/p>

A note about arming points: We\u2019ve attached 8 arming points with leather rectangles at the shoulder, upper arm and leg to use for pointing your armour to our Arming Cotte (please note the upper arm points are not shown in the photographs). If your armour requires a different placement of any of the points all you need to do is carefully remove the leather rectangle from the cotte with a seam ripper and re-sew it to the cotte where you need it. To attach points just sew a \u2018box\u2019 around the edges of the leather square \u2013 stitching through all layers of the garment.<\/p>

Read more about The Battle of Agincourt<\/a><\/p>

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Please note: our arming cotte is based on period artwork details and some of the seaming is derived from earlier extant gambesons and related artwork. We have included both below.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Drawing after a detail of an illuminated manuscript circa 1441 in the Nuremburg Museum, Nuremburg, Germany<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Drawing after manuscript 621 fol. 365 circa 1427-1438 in the Bibliotheque de l\u2019Arsenal, Paris, France<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Drawing after manuscript 988, lat. 17294, fol. 122 verso circa 1430 in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Drawing from a detail of the Weltchronik of Rudolf von Ems circa 1360 in Austria<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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This fighter prepares for battle matching his black Arming Cotte to his Chauses<\/a>. His Braies<\/a> and Shirt<\/a> are cnoncealed beneath. He tucks his Chauses<\/a> into his brown\u00a0 Tall Riding Boots\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Doug, our co-developer, wearing his blue Arming Cotte. Beaneath his Cotte is his Shirt<\/a>. Instead of Chauses<\/a> he has opted for our Simple Medieval Hose<\/a> for ease of movement.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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