Itineraria jako źródła poznania myśli strategicznej i operacyjnej w okresie panowania Stefana Batorego

• Authors: Łopatecki Karol

Title variants

EN

Itineraries as Sources of Knowledge about Strategic and Operational Thought during the Reign of Stefan Batory

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents military itineraries, i.e. planned descriptions of the routes of troops. Such sources constitute the oldest objects of military cartography. They also enable reconstruction of strategic concepts and operational activities planned by commanders. The time of Stefan Batory was discussed in the article because such cartographic support was the basis for often quite complicated planning. Itineraries could be perfectly used both during mobilisation and relocation of the army, and also during military operations. They were especially useful in coordination of operations of two or more numbers of regiments or allied armies. Analysed examples suggest that at the time of the reign of Stefan Batory the early modern cartographic turn took place.

Keywords

PL

kartografia; itineraria; nauki wojskowe XVI w.; strategia; działania operacyjne; wczesnonowożytny zwrot kartograficzny

EN

cartography; itineraries; strategy; military science of the 16th century; operational activities; early modern cartographic turn

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 29–49

Contributors

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Łopatecki Karol

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