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Heater shield

The heater shield or heater-shaped shield is a form of European medieval shield, developing from the early medieval kite shield in the late 12th century in response to the declining importance of the shield in combat thanks to improvements in leg armour. The term is a neologism, created by Victorian antiquarians due to the shape's resemblance to a…

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Heater shield

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Edges27
Triples19
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
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related to Details · 9
Heater shield → As, Black Prince, By, Canterbury Cathedral, Edward, From, Heater, Smaller, Some
related to External links · 4
Heater shield → Heater, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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shield heater shields used kite century needed often around relatively medieval combat leg armour iron citation neologism smaller mounted made

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steel or ironinstance ofand were often braced with metals0.80text
the kite shieldinstance ofIt was relatively lightweight compared to other similar shields at the time0.80text
being easy to move around during both mountedinstance ofIt was relatively lightweight compared to other similar shields at the time0.80text
on-foot combatinstance ofIt was relatively lightweight compared to other similar shields at the time0.80text
and had a fairly high amount of surface areainstance ofIt was relatively lightweight compared to other similar shields at the time0.80text
making for a solid defence.This style of shield was not without its flawsinstance ofIt was relatively lightweight compared to other similar shields at the time0.80text
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsSmaller0.60section
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsFrom0.60section
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsAs0.60section
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsBy0.60section
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsHeater0.60section
Heater shieldrelated to DetailsSome0.60section

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