Medieval times facts

The longbow was never meant to kill a knight in his armour, the idea was to kill his horse, leaving him trapped and easily killed with a knife through his helmet's eyeslot or under the armpit after the charge had been broken.

Thank you for posting this. I needed medieval facts and this is perfect

I wonder how they dealt with PTSD then.

I want more facts

And yet 'Norman' is such a shitty name these days... I'm a Franco-Viking Saxon with a big red beard and wish we had a cooler name.

Awesome.

Meanwhile in N. America the Cree were running around in loincloths like cavemen.