European Medieval Tactics (1): The Fall and Rise of Cavalry 450-1260 (Osprey Elite 185)
Osprey Publishing | 2011 | ISBN: 184908503X | English | 68 Pages | PDF | 9,6 MB
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire there was a decline in professional cavalry forces, and infantry dominated in the Germanic successor barbarian kingdoms. In the Carolingian and Norman periods from the 9th to the 11th centuries, under the impact of Viking, Saracen and Magyar advances, the cavalry arm gradually expanded from the small remaining aristocratic elite.