... . Clubs with iron spikes were used by knight to do immense damage to an enemy. They were called maces and could be made by driving nails into a club, and the cheap weapon became popular among peasants as well as knights in Europe. Another weapon was called the flail. "It was a shaft to which were attached to several whips made of chain ... armor often weighed close to eighty or ninety pounds. It was almost impossible to move around yet it was also impossible to penetrate easily. Horses played an important role in warfare during the medieval period. Horses were primary tamed for farming u...

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