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Cavalry charges happened in the Middle Ages and we know that spears were a good deterrent to cavalry. But I have heard we actually have very little idea of how the charges played out on the field of battle and what that looked like. What do the historical texts tell us of Medieval cavalry charges?

by /u/georgiaraisef in /r/AskHistorians

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