Meanwhile, different types of armor were being developed ... But even if knights' encounters with firearms were uncommon, medieval armor may have offered some protection against a bullet.

Many different types of armor have been developed around ... where wealthy knights dominated the battlefield. 'Medieval Chinese armor doesn't seem to have changed in response to firearms,' said ...

But even if knights' encounters with firearms were uncommon, medieval armor may have offered some protection against a bullet. "The Late Medieval-Early Modern Era, from around 1380 to about 1600 ...