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A corslet is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a piece of defensive armour covering the body." In ancient Egypt, Ramesses II is said to have worn a similar device in some battle(s). In Ancient Greek armies, the "hoplite", or heavy infantryman, wore a bronze corslet or known as the thorax (or a linen version known as the linothorax) to protect his upper body. The corslet consisted of two plates connected on the sides via hinges and bronze pins. By the 16th century, the corslet, also spelled corselet, was popular as a light-half-armour for general military use, e.g., by town guards. It was made up of a gorget, breast covering, back and tassets, full arms and gauntlets.
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| dbo:abstract | A corslet is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a piece of defensive armour covering the body." In ancient Egypt, Ramesses II is said to have worn a similar device in some battle(s). In Ancient Greek armies, the "hoplite", or heavy infantryman, wore a bronze corslet or known as the thorax (or a linen version known as the linothorax) to protect his upper body. The corslet consisted of two plates connected on the sides via hinges and bronze pins. By the 16th century, the corslet, also spelled corselet, was popular as a light-half-armour for general military use, e.g., by town guards. It was made up of a gorget, breast covering, back and tassets, full arms and gauntlets. In the 10th and 11th century AD depicts some Byzantine troops wearing a metallic corselet lamellar armour (besides the lorikion scale armour that was widely used by the Stratioti) shown in the Skylitzes and Madrid Skylitzes chronicles and of the Menologion of Basil II. There were also seen to be used by the imperial guardsmen in Constantinople. The armor itself lasted until the fall of Constantinople, as Constantinos Palaiologos himself is recorded as wearing one during the fall. The word "corslet" was adopted as a so-called "occupational surname," later altered to Coslett, Cosslett, Coslet, etc., following the arrival of an expert in the manufacture of osmond iron, Corslet Tinkhaus, to Wales from his native Westphalia in 1567. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, corslet also refers to a soldier equipped with a corslet. * v * t * e (en) El coselete fue un tipo de armadura antigua. El coselete fue la principal armadura de la caballería ligera y subsistió únicamente entre todas las piezas de la armadura hasta mucho después de que las armas de fuego hicieran a estas inútiles. El coselete en esta última época de su uso se convirtió en una coraza despojada de todos sus antiguos y pesados accesorios. El uso de esta coraza modificada empezó bajo Carlos I de España y Francisco I de Francia que fue adoptada desde luego por la infantería que la conservó hasta mucho tiempo después. Los piqueros del regimiento francés de guardias y los suizos llevaban aún el coselete tras la batalla de Sedán en 1641. La caballería conservó esta armadura hasta después más o menos modificada y generalizada por toda o una pequeña parte de la misma. (es) |
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| rdfs:comment | A corslet is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a piece of defensive armour covering the body." In ancient Egypt, Ramesses II is said to have worn a similar device in some battle(s). In Ancient Greek armies, the "hoplite", or heavy infantryman, wore a bronze corslet or known as the thorax (or a linen version known as the linothorax) to protect his upper body. The corslet consisted of two plates connected on the sides via hinges and bronze pins. By the 16th century, the corslet, also spelled corselet, was popular as a light-half-armour for general military use, e.g., by town guards. It was made up of a gorget, breast covering, back and tassets, full arms and gauntlets. (en) El coselete fue un tipo de armadura antigua. El coselete fue la principal armadura de la caballería ligera y subsistió únicamente entre todas las piezas de la armadura hasta mucho después de que las armas de fuego hicieran a estas inútiles. El coselete en esta última época de su uso se convirtió en una coraza despojada de todos sus antiguos y pesados accesorios. (es) |
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