Looking for more information on the negatives and positives of wolf pelt armor and many other general aspects. Thank you :)
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5Giants in Skyrim ;)– yannisApr 11, 2013 at 11:57
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4What leads you to believe that one did?– T.E.D. ♦Apr 11, 2013 at 12:17
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1Vote to close unless OP provides some evidence that this is an actual historical event. Absent that evidence, this isn't really a question about history.– MCW ♦Apr 11, 2013 at 18:38
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Welcome to our website. Please take a look at our FAQ and than try to change your question a bit, e.g. in this style: history.stackexchange.com/questions/1642/… as it's a nice example of a similar thing.– Darek WędrychowskiApr 12, 2013 at 2:50
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2Ancient Rome. Bear and wolf pelts were worn by the standard bearers of century and cohort units. Link– spyderApr 12, 2013 at 4:22
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During the middle ages, wolfs were exterminated by law in most of Europe because they would destroy farms crops and livestock. This meant that their pelts were a dime a dozen and so a few landed on peoples back as clothes.
As to why it was used by archers, I have never read such a thing anywhere but in my personal opinion I highly doubt that archers would prefer wolf pelt because pelts are less flexible than materials like leather and to an archer flexibility and speed is very important.
