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Iberian Heavy Cavalry Tradition

Type Object Region Iberian Peninsula Time c. 1350–1500

Early 15th-century Iberian noble heavy cavalry tradition, marked by full armor, lance charges, and feudal service obligations.

Timeline

  1. c. 1410–1415Castilian Plateau · CastileCastilian grand nobles provided armored cavalry according to fief obligations, equipped with lance, sword, and shield, serving as the charging and decisive force in royal wars; military service was closely tied to parliamentary grants.
  2. c. 1415–1420Border zones of the Iberian Peninsula · Iberian PeninsulaIn Afonso V's war against Portugal, Castilian heavy cavalry executed massed charges on open terrain, coordinating with infantry and light cavalry, representing one of the last peaks of the peninsula's traditional mounted warfare on the eve of the early modern period.

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