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<blockquote data-quote="Norm" data-source="post: 106575" data-attributes="member: 2570">knightsBack in the feudal times warfare was much like it was today.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the beginning of a war you would try to cripple the other nations economy, so that they couldnt finance a long conflict.So,...Back then the rulers got their money from taxes, and from selling goods, crops and such.It was a common tactic for the raiding nation to send over a couple of knights to ride through the villages and kill as many peasants as possible.&nbsp; &nbsp; A highly trained group of warriors like that cutting down pesants was a piece of cake.&nbsp;&nbsp; That left the other ruler with few people to work his fields, and somewhat crippled his lands.This technique happened in many different cultures, thus the advent of many peasant type fighting styles for having a chance at defending themselves versus a trained warrior.Yeah Knights were all chivalrous back then,...they were bastards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Norm, post: 106575, member: 2570"] [b]knights[/b] Back in the feudal times warfare was much like it was today. At the beginning of a war you would try to cripple the other nations economy, so that they couldnt finance a long conflict. So,... Back then the rulers got their money from taxes, and from selling goods, crops and such. It was a common tactic for the raiding nation to send over a couple of knights to ride through the villages and kill as many peasants as possible. A highly trained group of warriors like that cutting down pesants was a piece of cake. That left the other ruler with few people to work his fields, and somewhat crippled his lands. This technique happened in many different cultures, thus the advent of many peasant type fighting styles for having a chance at defending themselves versus a trained warrior. Yeah Knights were all chivalrous back then,...they were bastards. [/QUOTE]

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