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>they often didn't really want to kill each other anyway Can you elaborate on this? What were they doing with swords instead?
by MiddleEndian 12y ago
>they often didn't really want to kill each other anyway
Can you elaborate on this? What were they doing with swords instead?
- cbp 12y agoThey killed peasants and mercenaries instead. The knights they took hostage for ransom.
- thret 12y agoMy understanding is that in battle, there were very few knights in full plate - it was very expensive, required training, ie. tended to be nobles. So while swords were effective against the peasants, knights were usually captured alive and ransomed.
- onethree 12y agoif someone can afford plate armor, they can probably afford a decent ransom edit: beaten to it, that's what i get for loading a whole bunch of tabs when i first get into work...
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