Blaze@reddthat.com to pics@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHenry VIII's armor from the Tower of London. Interesting cod piecefiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down15
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-linkHenry VIII's armor from the Tower of London. Interesting cod piecefiles.catbox.moeBlaze@reddthat.com to pics@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·6 months agoI’ve heard before that the generous bulges of this era have something to do with knights having rampant syphilis and needing more room to breathe. Isn’t history neat?
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·6 months agoOr they just had them made large so that their descendants think they were more endowed than they really were. Like paying an artist to make your portrait prettier
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoThey would also stuff it with herbs to help alleviate the pain and catch anything that might cause stains.
I’ve heard before that the generous bulges of this era have something to do with knights having rampant syphilis and needing more room to breathe.
Isn’t history neat?
Or they just had them made large so that their descendants think they were more endowed than they really were. Like paying an artist to make your portrait prettier
They would also stuff it with herbs to help alleviate the pain and catch anything that might cause stains.