Medieval knight’s armor | Grand Duchy of Lithuania/Вялікае Княства Літоўскае

Mail & plate armour and clothing of a warrior from the 14th century Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Magnus Ducatus Lituaniae). In the recording you can hear one of the traditional variants of an ancient war song that women used to sing while biding farewell to their brothers, sons, husbands when they would ride off to war. The lines about Riga are more recent additions which started featuring in Lithuanian folk songs around the time of Salaspils’ Battle (also known as the Battle of Kircholm) when Latvians togethe