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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by Forge36 on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:04PM (#25042154)
Was this the battle historians put a lot of blame on the "steel boots"?

Peasants had cloth boots which didn't get stuck into the mud as much so they didn't get as tired.

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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by throwaway0a5e on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:05PM (#25042159)
>Was this the battle historians put a lot of blame on the "steel boots"?

Among other things.

It takes more than shoes to get such a one sided outcome.

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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by willcipriano on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:13PM (#25042510)
> It takes more than shoes to get such a one sided outcome.

If you make them out of cardboard and try to cross the Carpathian Mountains perhaps not.

https://ww1blog.osborneink.com/?p=5961

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