Randarkmaan, that was one of the most informative posts I've read in a while. Thank you very, very much.
Lucjan, I wondered the same. I suppose that's one reason that knights were considered so dominant. They were, for the most part, the only people with the means, training, and desire to fight in battle. And also why there are few if any battles in history that went down to the last man. Armies of peasants would have tended to want to rout as soon as it seemed like the battle wasn't going their way.
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