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NAUČENÍ O ŠIKOVÁNÍ JÍZDNÍCH, PĚŠÍCH I VOZŮ Z PERA ČESKÉHO RYTIERA VÁCLAVA VLČKA Z ČENOVA AKO VZÁCNY PRAMEŇ PRE SKÚMANIE TAKTIKY JAZDECKÝCH ODDIELOV NA SKLONKU STREDOEURÓPSKEHO STREDOVEKU

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Beňa S.
Vojenská história
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2020
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vol. 24
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issue 3
19 - 32
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The article describes the tactics and formations of the late medieval cavalry in the didactic sheet titled Learning about the Lining up of Cavalry, Infantry and Carriages by the Czech knight and Mercenary Commander, Václav Vlček from Čenov (approx. 1425 – 1510).The instructions addressed to the Czech-Hungarian King Vladislaus II. Jagiellon help us to better understand the controversy regarding the so called convoy and wedge-like cavalry formations. The second part of the article deals with the role of cavalry in an open field battle. The work includes a scheme (or visual interpretation) of an ideal battle formation of a Jagiellon monarch troops. The work is aimed at pointing out to the importance of the Learning within the Central European military history.
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PROBLEMATIKA JAZDECKÉHO VÝSTROJA A SEDU V STREDOVEKOM VOJENSTVE

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Beňa S.
Vojenská história
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2021
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vol. 25
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issue 2
110 - 131
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The paper provides a cursory look at the different riding styles used in medieval Europe and places them in a broader Eurasian perspective. The author argues that the traditional hippo-logical distinction of la brida vs la gineta style of riding – popular in most military history narratives – does not absolutely correlate with heavy and light cavalry respectively. While this dichotomy may have been a preference on the Iberian Peninsula, other military cultures include examples of light cavalrymen riding in la brida fashion and vice versa. The paper instead argues that the variety of riding styles stem from a warrior’s ability to use different weapons more “ergonomically” while mounted. This theme is explored from the perspective of mobility versus stability on horseback. Riding with bent knees enabled a horseman to raise himself in the saddle. This led to superior trunk mobility useful in nonlinear engagements with hand weapons and horse-archery. On the other hand, riding with longer stirrups and a specialized war-saddle – while somewhat more restrictive than riding a la gineta – enabled superior leverage in the use of a couched lance attack and greater stability in the saddle over riding bareback or with shorter stirrups.
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