. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. Fig. 54.—The Reapers of Death, an Allegory of War, from an Engraving of Hans-Sebald Beham(Sixteenth Century).—Collection of M. Amhroise Firmin-Didot. of troops was seen capable of advancing in close column without breakingits formation, and it was not till Louis time that the regiment, firstintroduced in the preceding reign, became a recognised permanent militaryunit. Towards the close of the fifteenth century the French native cavalrystill consisted entirely of heavy troopers. The Albanians, the merc
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. Fig. 54.—The Reapers of Death, an Allegory of War, from an Engraving of Hans-Sebald Beham(Sixteenth Century).—Collection of M. Amhroise Firmin-Didot. of troops was seen capable of advancing in close column without breakingits formation, and it was not till Louis time that the regiment, firstintroduced in the preceding reign, became a recognised permanent militaryunit. Towards the close of the fifteenth century the French native cavalrystill consisted entirely of heavy troopers. The Albanians, the mercenariesof whom the French light cavalry were composed, sold their services, manand horse, as the Swiss sold theirs, man and halbert. Charles VIII. enrolled.
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