Just because it's called a Breastplate

[major_clanger]

l_clausewitz tackes a persistent fantasy (in more than one meaning) stereotype.

(via the splendid Airminded blog, which also pointed me to Space Age Archaeology.)

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. That was a very interesting discussion on armour.

[andrewducker]

Does anyone actually think that women would need armour like that?

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

No amour puns? FAIL!

[non-trivial.livejournal.com]

Airminded Brett's a lovely chap; I went for drinks with him a couple of times when he was in London for research earlier this year. He would insist that the blog is far less interesting than his actual research, but I think it's all a front until he unleashes his zeppelins on an unsuspecting world...