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How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle

1512–16
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Throughout the 1200s, the French relied on heavy cavalry as the mainstay of mounted shock combat, a military development that shifted the focus from the axe-wielding infantry man to the heavily armored, lance-carrying knight.

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