Polish Armies 1569–1696 (2) cover
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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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Introduction · The Foreign Autorament · The Royal Guard · Private Armies · Town and City Forces · Tatars · The Zaporozhian Cossacks · Warfare in Poland · The Plates

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Published Jun 01 1988
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9780850457445
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 188
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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