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.
Название: Polish Armies 1569–1696 (2)
Author: Richard Brzezinski
Illustrator: Angus McBride
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1 Jun 1988
Серия: Men-at-Arms
ISBN: 9780850457445
Страниц: 48 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf
Размер: 53.8 Мб
Скачать бесплатно / free download
=============================
=============================
