Cavalry

A mounted man, a 'chevalier ', a horseman. The chevalier is the root of the word 'chivalry '. During the Middle Ages it was a commonly belief military theorem that no force on the battlefield could stand up to a charge by heavy cavalry. This belief was reinforced by various defeats of infantry by cavalry, such as at Hastings . During the 14th century a more balanced approach to warfare was experimented with by the Scots and English, especially by Edward III and Robert the Bruce. Edward made excellent use of artillery in the form of archers , infantry in the form of dismounted knights supported by a flanking unit of cavalry.&nbsp