I hadn’t heard the superfluous thing. There’s reasons other than trying to avoid being cut to use a shield – you can use shields to push people’s swords out of line and open them up for attack, you can use them to knock people off balance, etc.
How far has armor technology developed in Westeros? The descriptions of Tywin or Loras in their armor for example made me think that Westerosi knights had developed full plate, but they’re still using shields, which as I’d understood it were rendered superfluous by full plate and fell out of use with its arrival. But on the other hand, we know that some knights are using greatswords, which I believe would also imply full plate was in use?
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