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What caused the mounted elites of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to use couch able 1 handed lances instead of the 2 handed knotos used by Roman cataphracts?

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The Norman knights are usually referred to as heavy cavalry, but are often shown with unarmored horses. We’re their horses armored?

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How did the Norman aristocracy transition from fighting mainly on foot to becoming mounted knights in barely a century? Was their resistance to the change?

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What caused the mounted elites of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to use couch able 1 handed lances instead of the 2 handed knotos used by Roman cataphracts?	1
The Norman knights are usually referred to as heavy cavalry, but are often shown with unarmored horses. We’re their horses armored?	1
How did the Norman aristocracy transition from fighting mainly on foot to becoming mounted knights in barely a century? Was their resistance to the change?	1