(February 8, 2013 at 2:04 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:however the English after the Norman Conquest certainly did.
The peasantry or the nobility? Peasants were not terribly effective soldiers. This isn't Hollywood where a guy with a stick knocks a trained knight off his horse.
Dislodged nobility and clergy lead these revolts, with representatives of all classes comprising the manpower. These revolts were supported by a considerable proportion of the English population.
Lots of men with sticks (pikes) could really do damage to a knight and his horse.
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