Why Medieval Knights Were Terrified of This 5-Foot Tall Weapon

Описание: Medieval knights dominated battlefields for centuries—until peasants with wooden sticks made them obsolete. Here's how the pike weapon shattered the feudal system.


🏰 The Weapon That Changed History Forever

Imagine being a knight in full plate armor—60 pounds of custom-forged steel worth more than a house. You've trained since childhood. You're mounted on a warhorse bred for combat. You're the medieval equivalent of a main battle tank.

Now imagine facing a peasant in rags holding a five-foot stick with a metal point.

You should win easily, right?

Wrong. That peasant terrifies you. Because that simple weapon—the pike—can punch through your expensive armor, drag you from your horse, and end your life in seconds. And there's almost nothing you can do about it.


In this video, we reveal:

⚔️ Why knights dominated medieval warfare—and the physics that made them nearly unstoppable for 300 years

⚔️ The fatal flaw in cavalry tactics that pikemen ruthlessly exploited

⚔️ How a 15-foot wooden shaft negated 1,500 pounds of charging horse and rider

⚔️ The terrifying reality of facing a pike formation—why horses refused to charge and knights couldn't escape

⚔️ Real battles where peasants massacred knights: Bannockburn (1314), Courtrai (1302), and the Swiss campaigns that shocked Europe

⚔️ The psychological terror knights felt—not just physical death, but the destruction of their entire social order

⚔️ Why the pike represented something far more dangerous than a weapon: the democratization of military power


📜 Historical Battles Covered:
🔹 Battle of Bannockburn (1314) – Scottish pikemen under Robert the Bruce destroy English heavy cavalry

🔹 Battle of Courtrai (1302) – Flemish commoners collect 500+ pairs of golden spurs from dead French knights

🔹 Swiss pike warfare – How mountain farmers became Europe's most feared infantry

🔹 The decline of knights – From elite warriors to obsolete relics in two centuries

🛡️ Key Topics:
• Medieval warfare tactics and cavalry dominance
• Pike formation tactics and why they worked
• Feudal system and class structure collapse
• Military history and technological innovation
• Medieval weapons explained
• Why knights lost their military supremacy
• History of infantry warfare


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