Norman Conquest Encyclopedia

The Norman knight fought in a conrois, a group of perhaps twenty or more men commmanded by his lord. To identify himself their leader would have a banner, a gonfanon, fitted to his lance. The discipline of the group made it possible to use sophisticated tactics such as feigned flight.

See also: Banner; feigned flight; Norman

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• Hastings 1066 (Revised Edition) - The Fall of Saxon England
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