Richard Brzezinski, Angus McBride - Polish Armies (2): 1569-1696
Osprey Publishing | 1991 | ISBN: 0850457440 | English | 47 pages | PDF | 39.39 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 188
Osprey Publishing | 1991 | ISBN: 0850457440 | English | 47 pages | PDF | 39.39 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 188
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.