December 2012 - World History

[tlcmom]

<p>i could be wrong (im not a big military guy) but im pretty sure the answer was artillery. armored horses may have been used, but that would have been WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to become the “primary mode of attack”. plus, wikipedia article on medieval warfare mentions artillery. again, im not a historian, i’m not a military historian. i just think its pretty impractical to say that most wars were fought with armored horses when this ([Google</a> Image Result for <a href=“http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aWflL2jDpWU/SY8OWStbbpI/AAAAAAAAD6c/W0Cn-USPrm8/s400/Armored+horse.jpg[/url]”>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aWflL2jDpWU/SY8OWStbbpI/AAAAAAAAD6c/W0Cn-USPrm8/s400/Armored+horse.jpg](<a href=“http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aWflL2jDpWU/SY8OWStbbpI/AAAAAAAAD6c/W0Cn-USPrm8/s400/Armored%2Bhorse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mythandhope.blogspot.com/2009/02/chain-mail-and-changing-times.html&h=394&w=400&sz=44&tbnid=YwgwNh3AbswhMM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=91&zoom=1&usg=__YSHsJw40Qbz4pPuWa85v8ZI28BE=&docid=R5jRsyADA5e0vM&sa=X&ei=cLm7UIWoOOmF0QGO0YGQDQ&ved=0CD4Q9QEwAg&dur=476]Google”>http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aWflL2jDpWU/SY8OWStbbpI/AAAAAAAAD6c/W0Cn-USPrm8/s400/Armored%2Bhorse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mythandhope.blogspot.com/2009/02/chain-mail-and-changing-times.html&h=394&w=400&sz=44&tbnid=YwgwNh3AbswhMM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=91&zoom=1&usg=__YSHsJw40Qbz4pPuWa85v8ZI28BE=&docid=R5jRsyADA5e0vM&sa=X&ei=cLm7UIWoOOmF0QGO0YGQDQ&ved=0CD4Q9QEwAg&dur=476)</a>) looks slightly expensive</p>

<p>From Wikipedia: Medieval warfare is the warfare of the Middle Ages. In Europe, technological, cultural, and social developments had forced a dramatic transformation in the character of warfare from antiquity, changing military tactics and the role of cavalry and artillery. In terms of fortification, the Middle Ages saw the emergence of the castle in Europe, which then spread to southwestern Asia.</p>