European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260-1500 by David Nicolle

European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260-1500



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European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260-1500 David Nicolle ebook
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Page: 64
ISBN: 9781849087391


By about 1260 the steady rise of the European heavily armoured mounted knight to the predominant role in most pitched battles was complete. But though he dominated the actual day of battle, he did not dominate warfare - there were plenty of vital though unglamorous tasks for which footsoldiers were still necessary, 'cleaning up round the edges'. With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, deployed together to compensate for each others' vulnerabilities, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. Infantry were far cheaper and easier to ...

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