Medieval Warhorses
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
While Braveheart isn't known for its historical accuracy - there is one surprising fact it gets dramatically wrong. In the medieval period, the large formidable horses often depicted riding into battle were actually no bigger than a modern day pony. This week Cat is joined by Oliver Creighton and Alan Outram from the University of Exeter to discuss their new, fascinating findings into this topic. Working along side other research teams, they have been able to extract and analyse DNA from horse skeletons at over 171 different archaeological sites to bring a new light onto medieval warhorses.
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| 1:01.0 | The medieval warhorse leading a warrior or a knight's into battle |
| 1:07.0 | is often depicted on our screens as large, powerful and imposing. |
| 1:12.6 | But other sources like manuscripts and illustrations |
| 1:15.6 | are a little bit more unclear. |
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