Polish Heavy Cavalry

Timeline

1. 1161–1165Kraków · KrakówHigh Duke Bolesław IV (the Curly) based his political center in Kraków, relying on enfeoffed and ecclesiastical knights to supply heavy cavalry: they were granted fiefs or stipends, assembled into wedge-shaped charging formations in wartime, and otherwise performed border patrols and escort duties along trade routes.
2. 1167Prussian frontier · MasuriaIn the Polish-Pomeranian allied campaign toward Prussia, heavy cavalry carried out breakthroughs and pursuits: mail-clad knights charged pagan tribal lines with lances, cooperating with infantry and light scouts to consolidate gains, showing that Western-style shock tactics had been absorbed into Polish frontier warfare.