Did Knights have baths?

Knights would bathe as often as they could, at least washing their face, hands and arms, pits and groin with a rag if better facilities weren’t available. Remember that they were minor nobility besides their combat role, and leaders do have to maintain a cleanliness.

What was a bathroom called in medieval times?

garderobes
Loos in the Middle Ages During the Middle Ages, rich people built toilets called ‘garderobes’ jutting out of the sides of their castles. A hole in the bottom let everything just drop into a pit or the moat.

How did medieval knights actually fight?

A lance was a long wooden spear with a sharp metal point. When knights fought, they would charge at each other on their horses from as far away as possible. So then the knights would fight with swords, standing up in their stirrups and hammering at each other’s helmets or trying to cut through each other’s mail.

Why didn’t they kill Warriors with armor in medieval times?

It was assumed that a warrior wearing such strapping armor must be quite rich. So, rather than killing such a ‘valuable’ warrior, it was common practice to capture them instead, then ask their relatives back home for a ransom. As such, warriors with strong, expensive full-body armor were often NOT killed in the first place.

Did knights die in battles wearing heavy armor?

Despite wearing armor that virtually covered their entire bodies, armor-clad warriors DID die in battles, which makes one wonder how knights wearing such heavy armor were felled using nothing more than swords and arrows. Before we discuss this any further, let’s first take a look at some interesting aspects related to this discussion:

How does armor protect you from a sword?

Apart from that, a suit of armor always had openings and joints, like the visor, near the armpits and even the groin, where an opponent could thrust a pointy object and bring down the armor-wearer. While full plate armor could prevent a glancing blow by a sword from harming the wearer, it doesn’t do much against concussive damage.

How effective are maces and Hammers against soldiers wearing armor?

A few swinging blows from a mace or hammer might not cut the body, but they could definitely deck the armor-wearer, as the bludgeoning could easily bruise the body parts beneath the armor. Maces, axes, hammers etc. were quite effective against soldiers wearing armor.