Cool Knights: Armor from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance

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Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 2:30 p.m.
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Cool Knights: Armor from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance

Grade Level: 
Grades 2-12 recommended
Student Level: 
Elementary
Middle School
High School

Real pieces of armor used by Medieval knights and Renaissance noblemen can be touched and sometimes tried on in this lesson. Objects include a breastplate, a gauntlet, a piece of chain mail, a vambrace and a close helmet.