Piercy, Willis Duff · New York, Charles E. Merrill company · leaf 116
and obtuse at the point. The militaryorganization of the later Franks changed from infantryto cavalry, and this change gave way in time to the (M-aof chivalry. The superior soldiers of the time of 114 INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES Charlemagne had added to their equipment the cele-brated coat of mail.… … A Knight in Action The infantry bore the other weapons. The earlyAnglo-Saxons do not appear to have used the bow andarrow, though in later times the long bow was an im-portant weapon in England. The Anglo-Saxons ofolden times were not strong in cavalry. Saxon war-riors carried round or oval shields…
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