The 14th century signaled another great change...the death of chivalry. With the advent of the English longbow (particularly at Crecy, Poitiers, and then Agincourt in the next century), the rules of engagement changed and the code of behavior of knights and “civilized” warfare with it.
Archers could now kill you at a distance instead of bashing your head with a mace or splitting you open from breast bone to the crotch, which as everyone acknowledges, was a much more civilized way to die.
Disembowelment was the most glorious way to expire, guts being dragged out by the dogs...Oh, yeah, gimmie that ol' time religion.
Save your time and don't bother reading this bleeding heart rendition of how bad the USA is for saving the ass of the europeans in two WW and for decades after during the cold war.
Ungrateful snobs, the author needs to invest in a tooth brush.