Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171104212518/@comment-26815144-20171110095728

Actually, Vikings had worse armour, mainly tough leather and the richer ones had chainmail as they primarily focused on their ships and you can't really carry heavy armour when sailing. Whereas the other Europeans used heavier armour due to their land-focused war fair, trying to develope more protective armour just as platemail (not at the time). On a one v one a Viking would fail completel against a Mainland knight.