DBA Armies

III/52 WEST FRANKISH & NORMAN 888 AD - 1072 AD

This list covers the armies of the West Frankish kingdom as it evolved into the Kingdom of France. It includes Norman armies from their adoption of the Frankish feudal system circa 923 until the completion of their conquest of England and the organisation of the Sicilian Norman state. “Milites” was the contemporary name for the upper-class horseman with acorn- shaped helmet, elbow and thigh length hooded mail shirt, long kite shield, light lance and heavy sword familiar from the Bayeux tapestry and who would soon be termed “knights”. When invading England in 1066, many of the milites could not be accompanied on their ships by horses, so instead provide the mailed Norman foot mentioned by early written sources. Reference: Annies of the Dark Ages 1. Heath, The Battle of Hastings S. Morillo (ed).

III/52 — West Frankish or Norman Army 888 AD - 1072 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 3 x milites (3Kn), 3 x milites (3Kn or 4Bd), 2 x milites (3Kn or if Bretons Cv), 2 x archers (3Bw) or spearmen (Sp) or Sicilian Greeks (3Ax), 1 x archers (3Bw/Ps) or crossbowmen (3Cb/Ps) or servants, grooms and peasants (7Hd) or Gascon javelinmen (Ps or LH)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: III/21b or III/33 or III/40b