Men At Arms- mix of aristocratic men and full time proffesional soldiers who were not knights, armoured troops could be used as heavy cavalry or, as the English often favoured, heavy foot. Scouts and “foragers”, they sometimes fought in larger battles as ambush troops or to persue and harry touting enemies. The Bow and Bill were a trusted combination that the English stuck with while others progressed. Longbowmen- heavy archers, by the later Medieval period, they made up a proffesional body of troops, quite often mounted (though dismounted to fight)īillmen- full time halberdiers essentially. Knights- from the Norman period to High Medieval period. Mid to late saxon period and also, by Hastings many Thegns and Housecarls were part Danish. Housecarls were paid full time retainers. Thegns/ Housecarls- household bodyguards of kings and eorls. Gedright- household troops sworn to king or warlord. I remember them as cowards who preferred murdering civillians to any form of actual combat. IRA of the 70s warriors? What great battles did they fight? What epic fears of courage did they pull off?
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