On Dec 7, 2007 6:00 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wonder about Deetz's including armor in his list. Was there > hand-me-down armor? Hard to imagine mothers passing an armor from one kid to the next, indeed, but soldiers would certainly jump at the opportunity of seizing a good armor from an enemy or even from one of theirs. As for BIG armor, there's always the one that belonged to Francois Ist, the tallest French king (a proud 2 meters). Renee Morel San Francisco