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In fiction set in medieval (or faux-medieval) times, it seems like people's horses are constantly dying, especially in battle. How dangerous was it to be a horse in medieval (say 1100-1400AD) Europe?

by /u/Obligatory-Reference in /r/AskHistorians

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