title: Meanders of the Polish Military Revolution — Standardization of Cavalry Units
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Łopatecki, Karol
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Boldyrew, Aleksander
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-18T10:53:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-18T10:53:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Łopatecki K., Boldyrew A. Meanders of the Polish Military Revolution — Standardization of Cavalry Units. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 2, рp. 464–489.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.209
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32777
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The objective of the article is to show the phenomenon of the internal standardization of the
  units of the Polish cavalry in the 16th century. The references to this process, during which the
  diversisty of arms and equipment of soldiers was abandoned, are scarce in descriptive sources
  and are only reflected in normative acts. The only type of sources which enables to reconstruct
  the combat potential of units is inspection (rejestry popisowe). Consequently, the process of
  specialization of units and of formation of different types of cavalry was basically marginalized.
  In the Crown, as late as the 1530s, cavalry rotas were very diverse. They consisted of lancers,
  Polish winged hussars (later: hussars) and light cavalry combined in various proportions. This
  state of affairs is connected with three factors. Firstly, the units of Permanent Defense (obrona
  potoczna) in their structure referred to Mass Mobilization (pospolite ruszenie). Secondly,
  provisions of law were not used for standardizing the arms and armor; on the contrary, at least
  by the 1530s they stimulated the internal diversification. Thirdly, the Crown professional units
  were internally divided into towarzyszes and pocztowys, which prompted the diversification
  of armament inside a unit. The text shows the changes which occurred in the 1540s and 1550s,
  and brought about a situation in 1557, when the rate of standardization was as high as 82.93 %.
  The transformations were dynamic but were not top-down planned reforms, representing
  instead a bottom-up initiative of rotmistrzes.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was written as part of the research project of the National Centre for Science SONATA,
  no. 2016/23/D/HS3/03210 titled “The military revolution as a modernization factor in the public finance
  and state organization of the Polish-Lithuanian state in the comparative perspective”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: tactics of the 16th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: types of Polish cavalry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rejestry popisowe (inspection registers)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military reforms
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military revolution in the Crown
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Meanders of the Polish Military Revolution — Standardization of Cavalry Units
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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