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Kingdom of Charlemagne (Age of Charlemagne) Military Tier 9

Cavalry Masters

Historical reports of cavalry usage during the Carolingian era vary, yet some historians suggest that horsepower was more prominent than originally thought, and that Byzantine writings have muddied our understanding. However, and the horse was a prized commodity on the battlefield, and did not appear in abundance. The aristocratic classes of warrior still rode, as they could afford the expensive animal and the necessary equipment, but most members of Frankish armies were not nobles. Shock cavalry was perhaps even more of a rarity, with whatever cavalry divisions were available mainly used as raiding and ambushing forces. There is also some debate over how many of the 35,000 cavalry attested to in the records of bannum and lantweri summons were genuine cavalry specialists, as opposed to 'mounted infantry'. Mounted infantry units could move quickly across the battlefield, but more importantly TO the battlefield - Charlemagne's speedy conquest of Europe was due in part to his use of horses to shuttle infantry to the front lines, where they would dismount and fight on foot.

Node Set Military Tier 9

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cost_per_round 0

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Requires
Requires Technologies	Horse Breeding

Enables
Enables Technologies	Noble Habitus
Enables Units Upgrade	Frankish Horsemen Cost 120 Upgrade To Frankish Cavalry