Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century

The court banner of the Polish kings was composed of mounted knights (curieses) and maids (cubicularii), at the head of mounted troops of various sizes. Archival materials from the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw contain information from the second half of the 15th century about 11...

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Autore principale: Tomasz Kałużny, Jędrzej
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description The court banner of the Polish kings was composed of mounted knights (curieses) and maids (cubicularii), at the head of mounted troops of various sizes. Archival materials from the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw contain information from the second half of the 15th century about 11 500 cavalrymen serving in the court unit. The author characterized various types of sources informing about the court banner – riders, equipment and horses. Due to the armament, the riders can be divided into heavily armed – in lance armor (zbroja kopijnicza), medium-armed - in shooter’s armor (zbroja strzelcza), and lightly armed - armed in the Rascian (in Old Polish equivalent Serb) or Tatar style. The author also discusses individual types of offensive and protective weapons used by horsemen from the court unit. The article also analyzed information about horses, their breeds, varieties, wages and health. As the author notes, in terms of weapons, the equipment of courtiers did not differ from that used by mercenaries or common knights. It is worth noting that the oldest mentions of firearms used by horse riders in Poland concern courtiers who were carrying rifles as early as 1497.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1563352025-03-07T15:11:25Z Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century Tomasz Kałużny, Jędrzej tools of war Blue Army Roman military ancient siege art Polish medieval cavalry urban arsenals guerrilla warfare military industry General Aleksander Litwinowicz imagology engineering troops war propaganda Middle East World War II Aviation Polish-Bolshevik war IRA Arab League The court banner of the Polish kings was composed of mounted knights (curieses) and maids (cubicularii), at the head of mounted troops of various sizes. Archival materials from the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw contain information from the second half of the 15th century about 11 500 cavalrymen serving in the court unit. The author characterized various types of sources informing about the court banner – riders, equipment and horses. Due to the armament, the riders can be divided into heavily armed – in lance armor (zbroja kopijnicza), medium-armed - in shooter’s armor (zbroja strzelcza), and lightly armed - armed in the Rascian (in Old Polish equivalent Serb) or Tatar style. The author also discusses individual types of offensive and protective weapons used by horsemen from the court unit. The article also analyzed information about horses, their breeds, varieties, wages and health. As the author notes, in terms of weapons, the equipment of courtiers did not differ from that used by mercenaries or common knights. It is worth noting that the oldest mentions of firearms used by horse riders in Poland concern courtiers who were carrying rifles as early as 1497. 2025-03-07T15:11:24Z 2025-03-07T15:11:24Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383313733_1985 9788383313733 9788383313726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156335 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/815 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-372-6.03 The court banner of the Polish kings was composed of mounted knights (curieses) and maids (cubicularii), at the head of mounted troops of various sizes. Archival materials from the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw contain information from the second half of the 15th century about 11 500 cavalrymen serving in the court unit. The author characterized various types of sources informing about the court banner – riders, equipment and horses. Due to the armament, the riders can be divided into heavily armed – in lance armor (zbroja kopijnicza), medium-armed - in shooter’s armor (zbroja strzelcza), and lightly armed - armed in the Rascian (in Old Polish equivalent Serb) or Tatar style. The author also discusses individual types of offensive and protective weapons used by horsemen from the court unit. The article also analyzed information about horses, their breeds, varieties, wages and health. As the author notes, in terms of weapons, the equipment of courtiers did not differ from that used by mercenaries or common knights. It is worth noting that the oldest mentions of firearms used by horse riders in Poland concern courtiers who were carrying rifles as early as 1497. 10.18778/8331-372-6.03 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383313733 9788383313726 25-45 open access
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Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
Tomasz Kałużny, Jędrzej
Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title_full Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title_fullStr Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title_full_unstemmed Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title_short Chapter The Armament and Equipment of the Members of the Court Banner of the Kings of Poland in the second half of the 15th century
title_sort chapter the armament and equipment of the members of the court banner of the kings of poland in the second half of the 15th century
topic tools of war
Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
topic_facet tools of war
Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
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