Bespoke armour followed the shape and preferences of the person paying for it. Henry VIII's large build is used to show that armourers already accommodated different bodies. Joan of Arc and Elizabeth I are the examples offered against the claim that women never wore armour, with Elizabeth specifically associated with a breastplate. The argument concerns practical protection and rejects the exaggerated designs in some computer games.
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Armour was shaped for the person paying for it
Custom fit and the examples of Henry VIII, Joan of Arc, and Elizabeth I inform an argument about armour made for different bodies.