Ironside
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]
quote=Bratwurst Boy]Wiki has no word on any polish invention of military units...[/quote]
In the West, the first general to think of organising an army into smaller combined-arms units was Maurice de Saxe (d. 1750), Marshal General of France, in his book Mes Réveries.
And who was Maurice de Saxe ? An illegitimate son of king of Poland, so was it his original idea or he familiarised himself with division system while in Poland?
sure, And Russia freed her serfs in 1861.
Serfdom is the status of peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted to the mid-19th century
And your point was?
quote=Bratwurst Boy]Wiki has no word on any polish invention of military units...[/quote]
In the West, the first general to think of organising an army into smaller combined-arms units was Maurice de Saxe (d. 1750), Marshal General of France, in his book Mes Réveries.
And who was Maurice de Saxe ? An illegitimate son of king of Poland, so was it his original idea or he familiarised himself with division system while in Poland?
..she isn't called "Great" for nothing! ;)
sure, And Russia freed her serfs in 1861.
Serfdom is the status of peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted to the mid-19th century
And your point was?