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<blockquote data-quote="Ghostknight" data-source="post: 1553903" data-attributes="member: 15338">Major factors in feudal combat was social class, both from a monetary point of view, upbringing and physical attributes.Historical records state that the English Plantagents (early ruling class) were had and shoulders above the common man - literally.&nbsp; They averaged out at around 6' when the average peasant was arounf 5'6&quot;.Also, nobles were trained from a young age in the arts of war like sword fighting, riding etc.&nbsp; Your average proffesional soldier got a bit of on training and the rest was learnt on the job.&nbsp; Most of medieval armies were made up of conscripted peasants, pulled off farm land and armed with whatever they could get hold off (thus the derivatives of various weapons formed from farm implements).So your noble, in decent armor, with a decent weapon, physically stronger and trained, was at very little risk in warfare when fighting against, badly armed, unarmored and poorly trained peasants.&nbsp; In fact in many battles te winner was determined by wiping out the oppossing sides peasants and then taking the nobility as prisoners for ransome - very little killing of the opposition nobility as often you were related anyway!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ghostknight, post: 1553903, member: 15338"] Major factors in feudal combat was social class, both from a monetary point of view, upbringing and physical attributes. Historical records state that the English Plantagents (early ruling class) were had and shoulders above the common man - literally. They averaged out at around 6' when the average peasant was arounf 5'6". Also, nobles were trained from a young age in the arts of war like sword fighting, riding etc. Your average proffesional soldier got a bit of on training and the rest was learnt on the job. Most of medieval armies were made up of conscripted peasants, pulled off farm land and armed with whatever they could get hold off (thus the derivatives of various weapons formed from farm implements). So your noble, in decent armor, with a decent weapon, physically stronger and trained, was at very little risk in warfare when fighting against, badly armed, unarmored and poorly trained peasants. In fact in many battles te winner was determined by wiping out the oppossing sides peasants and then taking the nobility as prisoners for ransome - very little killing of the opposition nobility as often you were related anyway! [/QUOTE]

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