East meets West: Mounted Encounters in Early and High Mediaeval Europe
Jürg Gassmann
Abstract By the Late Middle Ages, mounted troops - cavalry in form of knights are established as dominant battlefield arm North-Western Europe. This paper considers development after Germanic Barbarian Successor Kingdoms such Visigoths Spain or Carolingian Franks emerged from Roman Antiquity and their encounters with Islam, Moors Iberia Saracens (Arabs Turks) during Crusades, since an important part literature ascribes advances European horse breeding horsemanship to Arab influence. Special attention is paid information about types breeds, conformation, tactics fighting lance bow training. Genetic studies archaeological record incorporated test literary tradition.
Acta Periodica Duellatorum