Knights and Weapons

The time of the crusades was in the medieval era so they had knights and used the feudal system. The feudal system is the kind of government that has a king, being the most powerful, then priests or nobles, knights and finally peasants. Each of the pieces in the feudal system rely on one another to work. The king, queen, and nobles all rely on peasants to provide food and taxes. Nobles and peasants rely on the knights for protection of the land and people. This system was used for a while in medieval Europe.
    The weapons were a little more advanced than the weapons in the Roman Empire well at least I think so. Swords were used a lot in medieval Europe there were different kinds too. There was the Norman sword which was straight and double bladed another sword was the cross-guard this sword was shorter and curved. The one thing that was not common was suits of armor mostly they were leather and mail. The Germans didn't use swords instead they fought on foot and with spears. Roman ways influenced things like this to. King Arthur used the late roman style of mounted warfare. Romans also influenced weapons.
    The French had a unique way of warfare. They used a weapon called Francisca; it was an ax that could be thrown. The French used common weapons to such as swords, shields and javelin. As you can see the styles of weapons were the same in most territories. These were some of the weapons used in medieval Europe.