After all, cataphracts and knights both fulfilled a similar role on the medieval battlefield, and the armoured knight survived well into the modern age.

It was not unknown for a seated armoured knight to act as the target.

The armies of the period comprised bodies of mounted, armoured knights, supported by infantry.

In the early 15th century, advances in weaponry allowed infantry to defeat armoured knights on the battlefield.

The main foyer also displays two armoured knights.