The schiltron was Scotland’s most famous battlefield answer to armored cavalry in the late 1200s and early 1300s. At its core, it was a dense formation of infantrymen armed with long spears, packed close enough that the front ranks created a wall of points. To a charging horse, it was less like fighting men and more like colliding with a thorn bush. Schiltrons could be formed as circles for all-round defense or as rectangles that could advance. Either way, their power came from discipline. Knigh