Daily Quiz for April 15, 2012

Bannockburn. Sheltron refers to a packed formation of troops, sometimes circular, sometimes in straight lines. In the 1314 battle, sheltron of Scottish pikemen confounded the English cavalry. The Scottish supposedly first used the sheltron at the Battle of Falkirk, 1298. These infantry successes against armored cavalry helped launch the so-called infantry revolution of the Late Middle Ages.