Chain mail hauberk

Timeline

1. c. 1100–1180Northern France–Flanders · FranceRiveted or welded ring mail was widely produced in Europe; the knee-length hauberk became standard knightly equipment, forming a basic protection system with iron cap and shield.
2. 1181–1190Acre–Jerusalem front · LevantCrusader forces in the 1180s were generally equipped with chain mail hauberks, whose protective effectiveness and mobility limits were tested in battle against Saladin's army on the Levantine front.