Heavy cavalry

French and Burgundian gendarmes were the best heavy cavalry in Europe. They were exclusively shock cavalry and, as such, saw their role on the battlefield diminish.

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The battle of Kutna Hora (detail) fought in a cold winter night between the Hussites, led by Jan Zizka, and the combined Hungarian and German coalition led by King Sigismund of Hungary. The Hussites were a primarily infantry force based around the tactic of using war wagons as a bastion against enemy heavy cavalry assaults, a tactic Jan Zizka used to devastating effect.

Preliminary concept art for Mount & Blade: Bannerlord. Eastern Roman (? Byzantine ?) Heavy Cavalry. A Cataphract (Later Became the Empire)

Klibanaphoroi

Polish Heavy Cavalry 1610

Like many others countries in the Northern Realms, the kingdom of Kaedwen maintained a large and well-trained royal army, full of valorous commanders and brave soldiers able to tolerate the terribly cold weather of the terrain. Although the Kaedwenian soldiers were not the best swordsman of the north, they were without a doubt the best in the use of siege weapons and cavalry units. The "crème de la crème" of the Kaedwenian Army was the Dun Banner, a cavalry unit characterized by soldiers…

Phenomenal art by Jinglin Xu , please check out his gallery on Artstation During the early 12th century, the ambitious Jurchen...