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===Medieval Europe=== [[File:Pair of Greaves (Lower Leg Defenses) MET DP-13125-029.jpg|thumb|upright|Italian greaves, 15th century]] Greaves were common until around the [[9th century]] [[Anno Domini|AD]], when they largely disappeared from use.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakeshott|first=R.|title=The Archaeology of Weapons|year=1960|publisher=Frederick A. Praeger|location=New York|pages=284–285}}</ref> The first evidence of their reappearance is in the 1230s or 1250s, most notably the depiction of [[Goliath]] in the [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] [[English Apocalypse manuscripts|Apocalypse manuscript]] (c. 1230).{{sfn|Oakeshott|1996|p=284}} The lack of other evidence suggests that they were uncommon at the time.{{sfn|Oakeshott|1996|p=285}} Almost all greaves used at this time are known as [[schynbalds]], or greaves that only protected the shin.{{sfn|Oakeshott|1996|p=285}} Illustrations showing “closed greaves”, or greaves that protected the entire leg first appear around 1290 and become popular in the 1320s.{{sfn|Oakeshott|1996|p=285}} Closed greaves are made of two plates joined on the outside by hinges and fastening with buckles and straps on the inside.
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