Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bishop's Mantle (Cape)

c. 1520–30

riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

In 805 an edict of Charlemagne established a link between the right to own land and the obligation to own a chainmail shirt.

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