"Western Medieval Warfare Flawed - Especially Cavalry" Topic

Interesting thread here….

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Amicalement
Armand

Very good.

Any military force will be shaped by its opponents and fare badly when it encounters something different. Knights and men at arms were no different.

Robert

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

The first post has several errors – Nicopolis was won due to a charge by the Serbian contingent of the Muslim army. Serb knights being some of the hardest charging knights then alive.

Later at the Battle of Ankara fighting as vassals of the Ottomans against those Eastern forces the poster admires so much – the Timurids under Tamerlane – the Serbian heavy cavalry/knights repelled the Mongol assaults and cut through their opposition three times before ultimately escaped the encirclement that trapped the rest of the Ottoman army.

Interestingly the bulk of the Ottoman army was composed of the same light and medium cavalry as the Timurids.

Thanks for the info!.

Amicalement
Armand

Western armies were comprised of groups of individuals not really units as such. Many of the listed winners and discovered unit discipline. Of course who won the hundred year?