The Frankish heavy cavalry charge was the Crusader states' core battlefield tactic: an armored charge of couched-lance knights delivered as one concentrated shock against a single point of the enemy line. A typical Crusader army built its whole order of battle, infantry archers and turcopole light horse, around protecting the knights until the charge could be unleashed. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimScreen and protect the knightly charge with infantry and light cavalry until it can be launched as one concentrated shock against a single point of the enemy line. 1 Origin YearDated to the kingdom's own founding rather than to one battle; the tactic itself has no single point of invention in the sources consulted. Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Military history of the Crusader states
Source Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin
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1. Wikipedia: Military history of the Crusader states
WikipediaCrusader armies section
A typical Crusader army consisted a core of heavy cavalry (knights) in chainmail wielding lances and swords. These were backed by a much more numerous body of infantry armed with bows and spears.
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The Frankish heavy cavalry charge was the Crusader states' core battlefield tactic: an armored charge of couched-lance knights delivered as one concentrated shock against a single point of the enemy line.
- Associated With: Army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
View the Source Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin
WikipediaAssociated With: Battle of Hattin, Battle section, al-Afdal eyewitness account via Ibn al-AthirQuote, Associated With: Battle of Hattin, Battle section, al-Afdal eyewitness account via Ibn al-Athir
When the king of the Franks [Guy] was on the hill with that band, they made a formidable charge against the Muslims facing them, so that they drove them back to my father [Saladin].
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