Armor must protect its wearer, but it also must be flexible and allow for movement especially during combat. How did medieval armors solve this engineering paradox? At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, CuratorinCharge of the Arms and Armor department Pierre Terjanian shows Adam some of the ingenious hacks armorers were able to engineer centuries ago.

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