re: Fighting an open field battle with only melee weapons, like Braveheart

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Brave and stupid. There were better ways of fighting wars in that age, that just didn't think outside the box.

...of course I say that with 20/20 hindsight vision, but it's mindboggling that someone said, after witnessing one battle fought in that manner, "Hey lets fight another battle like that."

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Battles like that (at least similar style, open confrontation) were still being fought far later in history than medieval times.