Published: 2020-12-17

In Search of the Specificity of Transformation in the Crown Army during the Reign of the Last Jagiellonians

Aleksander Bołdyrew
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH33.2020.008

Abstract

In the classical theory of military revolution it is possible to list several distinctive features which, however, do not always correspond to the specificity of the armed forces and theatres of war other than Western-European ones. The transfigurations of Central European military science were partly dissimilar, as is shown by the research of numerous military historians (R. Frost, J. Maroń, G. Agoston, A. Kazakou). One of the differences was the appearance of the Cossack cavalry in the Polish army. They stood out mainly because of the arms and armour they used. The analysis of Cossack weapons and armour (based on examples of selected campaigns) during the reigns of the last Jagiellonian monarchs reign can be useful to verify how theory fits the circumstances of different fields of research.

Keywords:

Cossack arms, armour, Cossack cavalry, military revolution, Jagiellonian period

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Bołdyrew, A. (2020). In Search of the Specificity of Transformation in the Crown Army during the Reign of the Last Jagiellonians: Introduction to Cossack Arms and Armour. Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 33, 125–132. https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH33.2020.008

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