A lance
was a horseman's spear about 2m (6 feet 6 inches) long. The lance
was usually made of ash wood with a small iron or steel head. Knights
carried the lances under the arm and were used to stab enemy soldiers.
Horsemen sometimes had flags (gonfanons) on their lances. By the
13th century lances were rarely less than 3m (10 feet) long.
Two knights fighting with
lances, Geoffrey Luttrell Psalter
(1325)
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