It's worth remembering that cloth armour, while not as strong as metal armour, is still good armour. It's much less of a mystery as to why people wore things li

It's worth remembering that cloth armour, while not as strong as metal armour, is still good armour. It's much less of a mystery as to why people wore things like linothoraxes and gambesons when you remember that tidbit. Cloth armour is armour, not clothes.