Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by RGTraynor

Obviously this flies in the face of Hollywood, Sir Walter Scott * and Malory, but that's the way it goes.


* - as it happens, Sir Walter (lamed from polio) wasn't a he-man either, trained as a lawyer, and got his title as a direct result of leading a successful search in Edinburgh Castle for the missing Scottish Crown Jewels.

If you want a really scary knight, try William Marshall. Way up the list of people you'd not want to mess with.