Editing Medieval Infantry (section)

===Urban Militias===
Similar to levies, but in towns and cities; being a step-up in the ladder, they could afford better equipment and they generally ''wanted'' to be there. Also often better equipped as cities were usually richer per-capita. Still not the best trained and equipped force you can get as seen at the Battle of Visby; where the Danish king’s professional army all but annihilated the city’s militia. Excavations of the mass graves there (oddly well preserved and not looted due to the sheer number of dead as well as the summer heat risking rapid decay when they just died), showed equipment varied from simple mail and polearms to brigandine and battle axes. 

On the other hand, if properly led and motivated, urban militia could stand up even to the flower of French knighthood, which was arguably the best in the world, as was aptly demonstrated during the Battle of Courtrai, otherwise known as the Battle of the Golden Spurs, due to 500 spurs taken from the dead knights by the victorious Flemish.

In Fantasy and Tabletop, Urban Militias are often [[Free Company Militia|a colorful bunch]], [[Discworld#Jingo|representative of the city's diverse guilds and professions]], if not their city's [[Discworld#Monstrous_Regiment|races as well]].