Quiz · 8 rounds · 3 min · Free · Updated October 2026
Medieval warfare is remembered for armored knights, but battles were just as often won by disciplined infantry, archers, horse archers and, by the end, gunpowder. Its decisive days stretched from the Frankish fields and Central Asia to the Holy Land and the walls of Constantinople. This quiz takes you through eight of them.
You get eight short scenes, each describing a battle fought between 476 and 1491 without naming it. Pick one of four answers, see a short fact after each round and get a rank at the end. It takes about three minutes.
Which battles are in the quiz?
Each game draws eight battles at random from a pool of 16, so a replay brings new scenes: Tours, Talas, Hastings, Hattin, Ain Jalut, Grunwald, Agincourt, Constantinople, Las Navas de Tolosa, Lake Peipus, Aljubarrota, the Marchfeld, Německý Brod, Clontarf, Stirling Bridge and Montiel.
Were knights always decisive in medieval battles?
No. Heavy cavalry was powerful, but many famous battles were decided by infantry that held its ground, by archers as at Agincourt, by thirst and terrain as at Hattin, or by siege artillery as at Constantinople in 1453.
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