Besagew

Besagews, also spelled besagues, are a type of rondel designed to protect the armpits, as part of a harness of plate armour. The armpits are the location of the axillary arteries, and protecting them was therefore vital. Armour without besagues might employ larger shoulder defenses, such as winged pauldrons, or simply leave the mail beneath exposed.

References

• Edge, David and Paddock, John (1988). Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight, New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-10319-2

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Components of medieval European armour

Head

• Armet
• Barbute
• Bascinet
• Burgonet
• Cervelliere
• Enclosed helmet
• Close helmet
• Great helm
• Frog mouth
• Hounskull
• Lobster tail pot
• Mail coif
• Morion
• Nasal helmet
• Sallet
• Spangenhelm
• Kettle hat

Face

• Visor
• Falling buffe

Neck

• Aventail
• Bevor
• Gorget
• Pizaine

Torso

• Breastplate
• Brigandine
• Cuirass
• Culet
• Pauncer
• Plackart
• Fauld
• Hauberk
• Codpiece
• Lance rest
• Coat of plates
• Jack of plate

Arms

• Ailette
• Besagew
• Couter
• Gauntlet
• Pauldron
• Rerebrace
• Spaulder
• Vambrace

Legs

• Bases
• Chausses
• Cuisses
• Greave
• Poleyn
• Sabaton
• Schynbald
• Tasset

Pieces

• Gousset
• Lame
• Rondel
• Arming points

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