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Originally Posted by DanHoward
There was no need for it. It was developed as a replacement for lamellar and lamellar was never popular in Western Europe.
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Interesting! Would I be wrong to assume it has to do with what armorsmiths were used to make? From past post of yours I believe both western mail and eastern lamellar were effective enough against spears and arrows, so the smiths of each region that had been doing one style for his entire career didn't have any need to learn about the other one, is this correct? Maybe prejudice ("lamellar is saracen armor, unfit for a good christian!") had something to do as well?