Did Knights really fight in battle?

In actual fact, knights did fight in battles. Interestingly, before the advent of longbows or crossbows, they were quite brazen with their tactics, prefering to charge into battle (on horseback usually) even before the main lines engaged. This is because they were literally the walking tanks of medieval history. read more

My uncle used to own an old medieval Spanish armor. I remember looking at it and thinking how the hell knights could fight stuffed inside those heavy and clunky metal suits. This video shows how: Reconstructing medieval fight techniques using combat treatises of that time as a reference. read more

It can neither be confirmed nor denied that there were Templar knights at the battle of Bannockburn fighting on the Scottish side. Officially, the Templar Order was disbanded by papal decree in 1312, so there is no reliable record of any survival of the order proper after that date. read more