medieval battles
Knights clashing violently
Medieval battles were armed conflicts fought during the Middle Ages, roughly the 5th through 15th centuries.
The term evokes images of armored knights, siege warfare, and clashing armies with swords and longbows.
In casual usage, medieval battles often describes any chaotic, brutal confrontation: The Black Friday sales were medieval battles for flat-screen TVs.
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
- holy warArmed conflict over faith
- maceBludgeon with flanged head
- shield wallLinked defensive barrier formation
- Wars of the RosesPlantagenet succession conflict
skirmish · Hundred Years' War · flanking · chainmail · guerrilla tactics · sword · trebuchet · blood and iron · cavalry charge · war horses · pike · Mongol invasions · Viking raids · Reconquista · siege · castle siege · encirclement · longbows
- chansons de gesteSong of Roland, Roland, Oliver, Charlemagne, paladins
- Medieval Serbiafeudal lords, royal tombs, royal charters, coronations, church councils
medieval battlesmodern warfare
Present-day armed conflict
nuclear war · drone warfare · World War I · space warfare · World War II
medieval battlesmechanized warfare
Military conflict using machines
aerial combat · atomic bombing · tank warfare · precision bombing · intercontinental ballistic missiles
medieval battlesarmistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
peace · diplomatic negotiations · diplomacy · treaty negotiations · monastery life