Horsed cavalry and horsemanship, as it reached its perfection when it was finally relegated to history.

Horsed cavalry and horsemanship in general played a tremendous role throughout human history. Our life might have been different without those magnificent animals. It is indeed extremely ironic that the horsed cavalry ultimately almost reached its perfection when it was finally relegated to history. After ten centuries of battlefield dominion the cavalry started loosing it's supremacy around the 14th century, when infantry acquired the deadly long bow and the spectacular Swiss pikeman almost eliminated the …

…able to speed up moving on a rough terrain alone and in a group. Caprilli's methods became very popular and were partially adopted by many armies. However, very soon, the battlefield started to change it's shape and form and the horse was forced to give place to tanks, planes and other modern war machines. It's is indeed extremely ironic that the horsed cavalry ultimately almost reached its perfection when it was finally relegated to history.