Greatest Battles of the Middle Ages

Queue · Jul 28, 2014

matmohair1 said:
QWW said:

I know polling has been closed but the Battle of Tours is one of my favourite.

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Thank you, I found the Frankish warrior description particularly interesting.

Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James · Jul 28, 2014

QWW said:
Thank you, I found the Frankish warrior description particularly interesting.

How so?

Queue · Jul 28, 2014

jacobhinds said:
QWW said:

Thank you, I found the Frankish warrior description particularly interesting.

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How so?

I was unaware their helmets were based off of an older German or Celtic design. Of course it makes sense I just have never heard that before.

Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James · Jul 29, 2014

Didn't spot that. Funny, I'd assumed they were all late roman copies. But i guess the roman helmets themselves came from that time period where long cheek guards were a given.
I also like how they didn't draw the umayyad soldier as they always draw muslim led armies, i.e. a bunch of bin laden beard clones with turban helmets. The Umayyad armies were probably full of north african christians, and the muslims among them could quite easily have been clean shaven wine drinkers. Islamic law was quite relaxed back then.

Queue · Jul 29, 2014

jacobhinds said:
Didn't spot that. Funny, I'd assumed they were all late roman copies. But i guess the roman helmets themselves came from that time period where long cheek guards were a given.
I also like how they didn't draw the umayyad soldier as they always draw muslim led armies, i.e. a bunch of bin laden beard clones with turban helmets. The Umayyad armies were probably full of north african christians, and the muslims among them could quite easily have been clean shaven wine drinkers. Islamic law was quite relaxed back then.

Yeah, the Umayyad empire was large and diverse as well. Not every soldier was even a Muslim.

Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James · Jul 29, 2014

Very few of them would have been. Modern historians reckon that it wasn't until the 1300s that the "muslim world" became predominantly muslim. Until quite late muslim leaders weren't interested in conversion and actually discouraged it.

Queue · Jul 29, 2014

jacobhinds said:
Very few of them would have been. Modern historians reckon that it wasn't until the 1300s that the "muslim world" became predominantly muslim. Until quite late muslim leaders weren't interested in conversion and actually discouraged it.

Yes I have heard the same thing.

matmohair1 · Jul 29, 2014

Battle of Manzikert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert

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Heroes_Witch_King · Jul 29, 2014

I love the illustrations of that battle.

matmohair1 · Jul 29, 2014

Battle of Dan-no-ura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dan-no-ura

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Minamoto_no_Yo****sune%2Cdannoura.jpg/847px-Minamoto_no_Yo****sune%2Cdannoura.jpg

Samurai Crabs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_crab

Moose! · Jul 29, 2014

jacobhinds said:
Very few of them would have been. Modern historians reckon that it wasn't until the 1300s that the "muslim world" became predominantly muslim. Until quite late muslim leaders weren't interested in conversion and actually discouraged it.

Perhaps because the dhimmī were forced to pay an additional tax.

matmohair1 · Jul 30, 2014

interestingly, Muslims pay zakat which increases with income and goes directly to charity
while jizia is stable and is gathered and used by the state, there have even been
records of some corrupt Ummayad officials who where still taking the jizia from new converts!

Queue · Jul 30, 2014

There will always be corruption, you can't let that speak for the entire empire or religion.

matmohair1 · Jul 30, 2014

Talas

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas

Hakata Bay - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan

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QWW said:
There will always be corruption, you can't let that speak for the entire empire or religion.

true, we're all human after all!

Greatest Battles of the Middle Ages

Which is the greatest battle of Middle Ages and the most glorious?

Battle of Grunwald,1410 AD

Battle of Hastings, 1066 AD

Battle of Agincourt, 1415 AD

Battle of La Navas De Tolosa, 1212 AD

Battle of Legnano, 1176 AD

Battle of Arsuf, 1191 AD

The Battle for Granada, 1492 AD

Battle of Loudoun Hill, 1307 AD

Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297 AD

Battle of Manzikert, 1071

Battle of Crecy, 1346 AD

Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066 AD

Battle of Northampton, 1460 AD

Battle of Towton, 1461 AD

Battle of Edington, 878 AD

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