The medieval knights of the Middle Ages were some of the fittest and strongest warriors of their time, which comes as no ...

Fatima: Why were knights so important in battle? Sally: Knights often rode on horses, which meant they were fast - so they could get around the battlefield quickly and do a lot of damage to the enemy.

A knight’s one-handed lance (the other hand had to steer the horse) couldn’t be as heavy as the pike and ... Truly, the hussar lance was a lethal weapon. In the Battle of Połonka (28 th June 1660) a ...