Cleveland Museum of Art
How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle
Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531) · 1512–16
Throughout the 1200s, the French relied on heavy cavalry as the mainstay of mounted shock combat, a military development that shifted the focus from the axe-wielding infantry man to the heavily armored, lance-carrying knight.
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