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Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2)

By Richard Brzezinski , Angus McBride (illustrator)

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1987
ISBN
0850457440, 9780850457445
Open Library ID
OL8264935M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (24798298 bytes)
Series
Men-at-Arms volume 188
Pages
47\47
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

The 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian merchants, Jewish traders, and even a remarkably large populations of Scots. This variety of cultures had a strong influence on the Polish army. Along with the predominantly Polish and Lithuanian 'winged' hussars served numerous foreigners from both within and outside the Commonwealth: Tatars and Cossacks, Wallachians, Transylvanians, Moldavians, Hungarians, Serbians and Albanians; and from the West, French, Italians, Dutch, Walloons, Swedes and Scots. Richard Brzezinski's companion volume to Men-at-Arms 184 completes his fascinating examination of Polish armies from 1569-1696.

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