Aristocratic Fury
"We regarded war as entertainment, but it is a very real profession that wins and loses empires."
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Today 11 February is anniversary of the assault on Copenhagen in 1659 during the Second Northern War. After a prolonged siege, the Swedes attempted one last desperate assault to t...
We're not grateful enough to donkeys for their contributions to human civilization! They were crucial for many ancient cultures, enabled trade, helped in agriculture and carried t...
@0xAlaric According to strict Church rules they shouldn't have been fighting in any way. But there were some interpretations that they could fight in "self defense" and carried cl...
@RegnoSuo Fair enough. You should have listed these battles you had in mind in the beginning, so I'd see where you're coming at. I still don't think those can qualify as major bat...
Morion helmets are associated with Spanish conquistadors in modern popular culture. But comb morions were not fully evolved until 1540s. Early conquistadors who were part of the...
The Torres de Quart in Valencia! Built between 1441 and 1493 during what is considered as the "Valencian Golden Age", these "Quart Towers" guarded the entrance to the city of Vale...
The legendary plague doctor Doctor Schnabel (Doctor Beak) from Rome! An engraving made in 1656 by Paul FΓΌrst from Nuremberg, depicting a fictional plague doctor with protective ge...
Flag of Polish infantry from 17th century! They copied the cross of Burgundy from the Spanish tercios. WΕadysΕaw IV Vasa who became king in 1634 was a big admirer of Spanish mili...
Why did the famous Polish "Winged Hussars" have wings? Where did the wings originate from and did they have any practical purpose? 𧡠https://t.co/tJ5V0rtKRg
At the battle of Kircholm in 1605 the Polish-Lithuanian hussar cavalry was able to rout the numerically much stronger Swedish infantry. Why did the pike infantry perform so badly...
The Battle of Kircholm fought in 1605 was one of the finest victories of the famed "Winged Hussars". The army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth destroyed a three times larger...
The mysterious symbol of three rabbits chasing each other in a circle! The meaning was never explained but it appears in some places in medieval Christian Europe as well as in oth...