Burgundy wars. Volume 3. Part 1. The army of the Grand Dukes of the West

This book is dedicated to the armed forces of the Burgundian state, the largest principality of Western Europe of the XIV-XV centuries. In the first part, for the first time in Russian, the various components of the Burgundy army are comprehensively considered - feudal militia, city police, mercenaries, Ordanny companies, Guards ... Knightly cavalry and gendarudes of Ordance, archers, pikiners, crossbowers, artillery, engineering parts and fleet - this is the instrument, this is the instrument, this is the instrument. which Burgundian dukes or the Grand Dukes of the West, as they were called, affirmed their political will on the battlefields. The richest illustrative series of the book is combined with numerous tables, schemes, fragments of documents and military charters. The author gives the biographies of marshals, captains, mercenaries and ordinary soldiers. The admirers of the microhistory will find in the text unique information about the combat path of certain units, including the vast lists of warriors. In addition, along with the army of Burgundy dukes, the book covers issues related to the armed forces of France, England, Italy and the Swiss Confederation.
A fairly complete safety of the Burgundy archives allows you to document a short, but vivid history of the army of the Burgundian dukes of the Valois dynasty. The appeal to the documents helps to dispel the romantic fleur, which is shrouded in such a not entirely correct concept as the "knightly army". But what could be more useful than getting rid of illusions?