帶鏈甲(英語:Banded mail)有三種形式,第一種是結合了羅馬片板甲英語Lorica segmentata板鏈甲的複合式盔甲;第二種是由條帶組成的鎧甲;第三種是由帶補強的鏈甲。

帶鏈甲的歷史是有爭議的。雖然被確定過存在於十九世紀[1][2],但後來的書籍宣稱帶鏈甲的產生是因為對中世紀藝術手法的誤解。[3]

參考

  1. ^ Fairholt, Frederick William. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century. G. Bell and Sons. 1885: 27. 
  2. ^ Hewitt, John; Claude Blair. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the iron period of the northern nations to the end of the seventeenth century. John Henry and James Parker. 1860: 268. 
  3. ^ Blair, Claude. European Armour circa IO66 to circa 1700 (PDF). New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 1959: 35–36 [2011-10-11]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2019-08-19).