Quote Originally Posted by Didz
I believe there was a class of Knight which had no land and who lived entirely off of the proceeds of his martial skills. I think they were dubbed Knight-Errant, and frequently served a Landed-Knight as a sort of goffer, or champion in return for bed and board.
Complicated eh?

why'd they move to armies that they know would be dominated by heavy cav (nobles, not to mention killing them off) instead of following Romes example.

Jeez poorly trained militia armies are overrated and they shouldve known this, and tried to train their troops to become professionals, like Romans.

the nobles can read, they can read history.....