Heavy Cavalry
Mounted knights equipped with plate armor, lances, and barded warhorses, forming the dominant shock troops of medieval warfare.
Core metadata
- ID: heavy_cavalry
- Era: Medieval
- First known date: 1100 (century)
- Region: Afro-Eurasia and other medieval societies
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Feudalism (feudalism)
- Horse Shoes (horse_shoes)
- Horseback Riding (horseback_riding)
- Stirrups (stirrups)
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Feudalism (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirrups (stirrups) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Stirrups provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Horse Shoes (horse_shoes) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Horse Shoes provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Feudalism (feudalism) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Feudalism provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Horseback Riding (horseback_riding) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Horseback Riding provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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