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Battles like Agincourt proved that knights were not best troop you can have on battlefield, knights were often impetuous and this was not always an advantage, a standing army defending a strategic position proved to be much more effective than a cavalry charge, much more strategys to defeat heavy cavalry of knights were developed and knights were always less effective, another reasons are the expenditure on knights wages, maintenance, rewards..etc
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Which French saint led the French army into battle?
Joan of Arc in the 1400s. Or the king Louis the 9th to the crusades.
Why did people view the world in such a limited way during the 1400s?
People didn't know much then. Such as cures, and medical reasons.
What navigation tools were used in the 1400s?
Magnectic Compass Astrolabes Quadrants Hand Lead Line ~There are also more that I didn't list down~
What is the history of the word majestic?
the history is when Shakespeare decided to make the poem hamlet and almost called everything majestic and came around the time of the 1400s ......
Was the sword the main weapon during the 1400s?
yes it was due to lack of money in Europe at the time. another reason was that muskets and hand-cannons were at a few and only royal guard, dukes, lords and kings would have them. swords were also more common because of the accuaracy which bows could not garentee during the late middle ages and the reniassance. it was only in china,japan,Mongolia and middle east including Asia minor (turkey) where they hardly use swords even then 20 to 30,000 soldiers out of a possible 70,00 would carry them.
