Editing Bulletproof vest (section)

===Early modern era===
In 1538, [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere|Duke Francesco Maria della Rovere]], a [[condottiero]], commissioned [[Filippo Negroli]] to create a bulletproof vest. In 1561, [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor]] is recorded as testing his armour against gun-fire. Similarly, in 1590 [[Henry Lee of Ditchley]] expected his [[Greenwich armour]] to be "pistol proof". Its actual effectiveness was controversial at the time.<ref name="Williams2003">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Allan |year=2003 |title=The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Period |location=[[Boston]] |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-12498-1}}</ref>

During the [[English Civil War]], [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[Ironside (cavalry)|Ironside cavalry]] were equipped with [[lobster-tailed pot helmet]] and musket-proof [[cuirass]]es which consisted of two layers of armour plating. The outer layer was designed to absorb the bullet's energy and the thicker inner layer stopped further penetration. The armour would be left badly dented but still serviceable.<ref name=":0">Ricketts, H, Firearms p. 5</ref>