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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gen belli, post: 236001, member: 3363&quot;]Found some interesting info on the origins of the codpiece and it seems that this painting may be depicting King Edward the 3rd as he thought that this&nbsp; piece of fashion showed his superior &#039;manliness&#039;. It is not uncommon for the male tribes people of Papua New Guinea to display themselves in a similar yet less modest way for similar reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; &quot;Legend that Edward III, king of England from 1327-1377, had the codpiece of his armor enlarged to astounding proportions because he had heard that strength and military prowess were correlated with a man’s endowment. As he was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War with the French at the time, it would not be surprising that he would try to seek any possible advantage available to him. He then ordered that the nobility and knights do the same to their armor. &quot;<a href="http://www.r3.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.r3.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.r3.org/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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