05-01-2013, 03:58 PM
All these things had an effect on knights, but they did not lead to any "final downfall" of cavalry charges.
Yes, hopefully I did not imply Longbows nor Pikeman nor Firearms stopped cavalry charges altogether. All contributed to its decline and degraded its effective use. No single event cannot be defined as causing the "final downfall."
Longbows never managed to stop a cavalry charge by themselves.
I stated the continued improvement of the English longbow was also having a devastating effect on the simple cavalry charge....hopefully you didnt read "they stopped cavalry charges by themselves" out of that statement alone.
I am new here and must say this thread and the few other threads I have read through are almost unreadable, It seems the moderation or mixing of threads make them extremely difficult to follow.
Yes, hopefully I did not imply Longbows nor Pikeman nor Firearms stopped cavalry charges altogether. All contributed to its decline and degraded its effective use. No single event cannot be defined as causing the "final downfall."
Longbows never managed to stop a cavalry charge by themselves.
I stated the continued improvement of the English longbow was also having a devastating effect on the simple cavalry charge....hopefully you didnt read "they stopped cavalry charges by themselves" out of that statement alone.
I am new here and must say this thread and the few other threads I have read through are almost unreadable, It seems the moderation or mixing of threads make them extremely difficult to follow.
