What are the limitations of a Middle Age knight?

Answer 1

AnswerThe qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women is known as chivalry. If a knight were to step out of this area, he was severly punished for it. AnswerFrom a tactical point of view, knights were heavy cavalry, and as powerful as they could be, they did have limits.

They could not go anywhere their horses could not go. They got bogged down in soft ground, especially marshy land. The horses could be disabled by caltrops or arrows, and they often would refuse to charge into areas where they felt unsure about their footing or obstacles. Once a horse was disabled, a knight could find himself cut off and unable to retreat quickly.

They could not swim, which meant that if they had their backs to a river, they were trapped.

Arrows could go through armor. This was true of arrows from longbows and from crossbows. The English longbows were much more effective than crossbows, because their rate of fire was a multiple of that of the crossbow, and they are said to have had much greater range. The result was that huge numbers of knights were killed by archers at such battles as the battle of Agincourt. Archers with long bows were relatively easy to equip, but they required years of training because of the strength needed to shoot the bow.

Knights were expensive to equip and maintain, both in wars and in peace. Their presence in an army meant large numbers of people had to be there to care for horses, armor, and the knights. Food had to be provided for all these people. This was a logistical consideration of some consequence.

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