During the Middle Ages or the Dark ages life was very difficult and societies were struggling to strive with poverty and disease striking every manor. During this time militaries were a huge part of society developing, as Armies would revolve around equipment and structure to operate on a battlefield which is shown in some very important battles during the Medieval ages.
A large part of militaries in the Middle Ages was the equipment that they used In most battles basic foot soldiers would carry either short swords or giant two handed broadswords. Other men would carry pikes which are in a sense very long spears that would normally be around 20 feet long. Because of their pointy tips pikes would commonly be used to "break a cavalry …show more content…
One of the first large battles of the medieval ages was the “Battle of Hastings in 1066” (Medieval Battles). At this battle British forces under king Harold the second engaged troops under William the Conqueror. By the end of the day, the British were defeated, in fact king Harold was shot in the eye and killed. “After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day, 1066, he was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end” (This day in history). What this ultimately meant was that an entire country changed, and that would go on to impact our world today. Another famous battle in the Middle Ages was the battle of Agincourt in 1415 which was a major British victory where a famous strategy used up through the nineteenth century was deployed. What the British army did was that their archers “were protected by a line of pointed stakes” (This day in history) acting as a makeshift pike wall to hold back enemy cavalry. Evidently these battles in the Middle Ages have impacted our lives today in addition to showing how a military back then would
A large part of militaries in the Middle Ages was the equipment that they used In most battles basic foot soldiers would carry either short swords or giant two handed broadswords. Other men would carry pikes which are in a sense very long spears that would normally be around 20 feet long. Because of their pointy tips pikes would commonly be used to "break a cavalry …show more content…
One of the first large battles of the medieval ages was the “Battle of Hastings in 1066” (Medieval Battles). At this battle British forces under king Harold the second engaged troops under William the Conqueror. By the end of the day, the British were defeated, in fact king Harold was shot in the eye and killed. “After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day, 1066, he was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end” (This day in history). What this ultimately meant was that an entire country changed, and that would go on to impact our world today. Another famous battle in the Middle Ages was the battle of Agincourt in 1415 which was a major British victory where a famous strategy used up through the nineteenth century was deployed. What the British army did was that their archers “were protected by a line of pointed stakes” (This day in history) acting as a makeshift pike wall to hold back enemy cavalry. Evidently these battles in the Middle Ages have impacted our lives today in addition to showing how a military back then would