Military

=1. Questions = 1.I wonder how many tactics did a medieval military usually have back then 2.I wonder how much were they paid maximum and if they looted corpses for treasures 3.I wonder how long they used the tactics from the romans

= = =2. Inferences = I bet the formations and tactics weren't really useful unless they had lots of knowledge of warfare and technology.

= = =3. Resources = Medieval Warfare Wiki Warfare Medieval Warfare in the Dark Ages Half Sword Fighting technique Pay for the troops How to Deliver a Cavalry Charge

= = =4. Summary = While researching about medieval military tactics and formations, I have learned that Logistics are the art and suppling of troops. Pre-planning a battle consists of a council of the war leaders. Medieval armies typically spread into 3 sections called 'battles' or battalions', 'vanguard' or 'vaward', and 'rearguard' or 'rearward'. First of all I learned that the army needed **a lot** of food. For example, the army needs to feed their horses 20 pounds of food every day or when they have to feed all of their troops approximately 3 pounds a day. Next, I've learned that they had many clever ways to get inside cities walls. Specifically when they would mine under the walls, damaging them (giving the army to access the city). Another example, is when they would use siege towers to carry troops. Once the tower reaches the walls, the troops climb the ladder on the tower to get to the top. A final example is when the troops used very long ladders to climb to the top, but unlike the siege tower that protects them, they become easy targets for the archers on the walls. Lastly, I learned that one of their tactics was a very smart one. To illustrate this, they would take a part of their army to use as bait, causing the enemies to advance toward them. Once they clashed with the bait, the cavalry and the rest of the army hit the enemy army from behind. This then eradicated the enemies on both sides, giving them no where to run! All in all, some of the medieval tactics were some of the most clever and effective that they were used in the coming centuries of battle.



= = =5. References = Medieval Warfare:(1994),DENO Partnership Wiki Warfare:(Last Updated Nov.2,2009),Wikipedia,Wikimedia Medieval Warfare-Strategies and Tactics:The Spiritus-Temporus Web Ring Community-(Date Unknown) Half-Sword Fighting Technique:(Last Updated August 7,2009), Wikipedia,Wikimedia Pay For The Troops:Medieval Life and the Hundred Years War,(1994),DENO Partnership The Military and their Orders/How to Deliver a Cavalry charge: Matthew Bennet-(June 9,2003)