How would European naval combat work during the High to Late Middle Ages? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How would European naval combat work during the High to Late Middle Ages?

by LittlePipIsBestPone

Did the just ram and board like in Antiquity?

jschooltiger

I've written about this a couple times before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3xuqs7/why_was_there_a_general_lack_of_naval_combat/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3l1yf1/how_was_naval_warfare_fought_before_the_invention/

Let me know if those answers are helpful, or if you have other questions.