Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Axspoele

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 11:09, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Battle of Axspoele

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Clito as depicted on his seal

• ... that the 1128 Battle of Axspoele (participant pictured) was a rare case of a mass cavalry charge in western Europe in the High Middle Ages?

• Source: "in the west battle was uncommon and mass cavalry charges were rate ... only at Axspoele on 21 June 1128 was there anything resembling a mass cavalry charge and here numbers were small" from: France, John (15 May 2017). Medieval Warfare 1000–1300. Routledge. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-351-91847-3.

• ALT1: ... that before his victory at the 1128 Battle of Axspoele William Clito (pictured) ordered his knights to cut their hair and remove opulent clothing as a sign of penance? Source: "before battle he had all his knights cur off their long hair, cast off their rich garments and do penance for their sins as if they were expecting death" from: Crouch, David (15 October 2006). The Normans: The History of a Dynasty. A&C Black. p. 332. ISBN 978-1-85285-595-6.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis W. Kelly
• Comment: After creating this I realised the subject was already covered in a very short orphan article at Battle of Thielt (1128) which I have since redirected to this article. The new content is more than 5x the content here in any case.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 884 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 18:17, 24 September 2024 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough; more than 5x longer than short START article (under a different title) that it replaced; appears to have adequate references though they cannot be read on-line so sources are taken in good faith; both hook facts have in-line citations; hooks are both appropriate length; I think the first hook is better than ALT1, but either could be used; image is in Public Domain.Orygun (talk) 05:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)