Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle?
by gadders on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:04AM
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>> it's unclear what the non-mounted training was for this sort of thing for most times/places.
That would be the Melee [1]:
"Tournaments often contained a mêlée consisting of knights fighting one another on foot or mounted, either divided into two sides or fighting as a free-for-all. "
That would be the Melee [1]:
"Tournaments often contained a mêlée consisting of knights fighting one another on foot or mounted, either divided into two sides or fighting as a free-for-all. "
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_(medieval)#Melee