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Weapons that Made Britain - Season 1 Episode 3 The Lance

Name: Weapons that Made Britain
Released: 01 Jan 1970
Rating: 10.00
Cast: Mike Loades

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When Norman knights charged Harold's army at Hastings they hurled their spears from horseback. Less than a century later those spears were tucked under knights' arms and had become the ultimate heavy impact weapon: the cavalry charge with lances. It was to change warfare forever as armies had to find a way of stopping the thundering combination of men and horses.