England History : Medieval Warfare

by Monique Barb - In the earliest Middle Ages it was the obligation of every noble to respond to the call to battle with his own equipment, archers, and infantry. This decentralized system was necessary due to the social order of the time, but could lead to motley forces with variable training, equipment and abilities. The more resources the noble had access to, the better his troops would typi ...

Date added: 15 October '07

England History : Entertainment and Sport in Middle Ages

by Monique Barb - Although life was hard in the Middle Ages, there were opportunities for games, sports and entertainments. When the Thames froze over, Londoners skated on the ice and sometimes they made sledges of ice and slid the ice blocks across the frozen river. It was the custom on Shrove Tuesday in the twelfth century for all the young men of London to 'go out into the fields to play at ...

Date added: 17 October '07