QuoteReplyTopic: The genesis of Norman cavalry? Posted: 28-Sep-2010 at 08:52
The Normans were noted and highly-skilled proponents of the use of
mounted warfare, but, as they were descended from famous infantrymen,
the Vikings- who founded Normandy, what was the turning point?
By
1066 we know that they were expert and fearless early cavalry, possibly
operating to flag/trumpet signals, milites charging in a series small
squadrons, wave after wave, headlong into the Saxon shieldwall and
spears/axes.
Were they, in the early days of the Normans (from 911 when Rollo founded the state),
inspired by the Frankish cavalry whose society they inter-married and
mingled, famously formed by Charles Martel soon after his crushing
victory over the Moors at Tours, 732?
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