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>The Turks were riding into camp, cutting down noncombatants and unarmoured foot soldiers, who were unable to outrun the Turkish horses and were too disoriented and panic-stricken to form lines of battle. To protect the unarmoured foot and noncombatants, Bohemond ordered his knights to dismount and form a defensive line, and with some trouble gathered the foot soldiers and the noncombatants into the centre of the camp; battle. While this formed a battle line and sheltered the more vulnerable men-at-arms and noncombatants, it also gave the Turks free rein to maneuver on the battlefield.
>The marshy riverbank protected the Crusaders from mounted charge, as the ground was too soft for horses, and the armoured knights formed a circle protecting the foot soldiers and noncombatants from arrows, but the Turks kept their archers constantly supplied and the sheer number of arrows was taking its toll, reportedly more than 2,000 falling to horse-archers.
>the knights' armour protected them well (the Turks called them 'men of iron') the sheer number of arrows meant that some would find unprotected spots and eventually, after so many hits, a knight would collapse from his woun
>Godfrey arrived with a force of 50 knights, fighting through the Turk lines to reinforce Bohemond. Through the day small groups of reinforcements arrived, some killed by the Turks, others fighting to reach Bohemond's camp.
>the papal legate, arrived in mid-afternoon, moving around the battle through concealing hills and across the river, outflanking the archers on the left and surprising the Turks from the rear. Adhemar's force fell on the Turkish camp, and attacked the Turks from the rear. The Turks were terrified by the sight of their camp in flames and by the ferocity and endurance of the knights, since the knights' armour protected them from arrows and even many sword cuts, and they promptly fled, abandoning their camp and forcing Kilij Arslan to withdraw from the battlefield.
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>>65218828
About as close to superhuman you can practically make.
>Wake up
>Cardio training
>Eat a high protein breakfest
>Resistance training
>Quick snack
>Technique training
>High protein dinner and etiquette training
>Study tactics
>Sleep
>Repeat for 7 years, only resting on Sundays.
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>>65218828
Tancred of Hauteville had over a dozen sons and basically went to them and said that since they can't all inherit he'll teach them how to carve out their own kingdom themselves, and that's what they did. Him and his children were pretty much is the closest thing to the Emperor of Mankind and the Primarchs in real life.
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>>65218586
Also worth noting that this in a time where a helmet and a full body suit of mail was the best armor they could get, and the turks had the luxury of riding as close as they wanted and shooting at stationary targets.
Killing knights got substantially harder as they got better armor.
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>>65218586
The whole point of mounted knights was so nobles could larp as warriors while facing minimal risk, even to the point the enemy would try to take them alive so both sides could still have rich larpers.
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>>65219290
That came later. Knights were essentially middle-class when first established and were still an effective military force up until the Pikes of the 1500s. We saw a lot of cases where knights were essentially for putting down peasant rebellions or holding castles in a siege.