Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by samatman on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:56PM
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The account you're replying to gave you a source: the Annals of St. Bertin.
It's available on Google Books, you have everything you need satisfy your own curiousity.
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by C1sc0cat on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:51AM
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But that period is dark ages not medieval
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by maskros on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @05:24AM
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The Medieval period lasted from the 5th to 15th century. The Dark Ages is a misnomer for the early medieval period (5th to 10th centuries).
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:42AM
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Historians no longer use the term Dark Ages and haven't for years now. Late Antiquity and the early Medieval era were more complex than that.
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by sonthonax on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @01:04AM
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God, people’s reading comprehension is so poor nowadays.
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by sundvor on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @01:36AM
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Ah, the young people...
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-peo...
Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by somedudetbh on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:52PM
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"In the Annals of St Bertin…"?
1. Peasants are often called up for military duty as levies (conscripts), to supplement the knights and men-at-arms. Especially when there wasn't a standing army.
2. Authority wasn't so centralized -- these local matters would be the authority of local lords, not the king.