04-04-2007, 07:50 PM
Salve Rubicon,
John Cruso wrote 'Military Instructions for the Cavallrie' in the seventeenth century. I believe this is who is being referred to.
[Edit]Oop. Seems like you found it yourself.
Stirrups are a slippery business. I don't think their lack would result in more instances of men being pulled from the saddle, but it's an open point of debate how effective a refinement they really were. For my part, I don't consider them a huge advance, but I'm no expert.
Matthew James Stanham
John Cruso wrote 'Military Instructions for the Cavallrie' in the seventeenth century. I believe this is who is being referred to.
[Edit]Oop. Seems like you found it yourself.
Stirrups are a slippery business. I don't think their lack would result in more instances of men being pulled from the saddle, but it's an open point of debate how effective a refinement they really were. For my part, I don't consider them a huge advance, but I'm no expert.
Matthew James Stanham
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Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
