08-25-2013, 06:02 PM
Quote:BTW - cavalry types in history according to Digby Smith, with one addition from other authors:Peter, I think that any typology will only make sense for a specific time and place. That typology sounds like it is based on Napoleonic practice. Classical Greeks just recognized cavalry and horse archers; Hellenistic Greeks recognized doratophoroi, hippakontistai, hippotoxotai, and kataphraktoi. Fourteenth century Frenchmen recognized men-at-arms, gros valets, and strange foreign troops such as Turks and mounted crossbowmen.
- heavy cavalry
- medium cavalry
- light lancers
- line cavalry
- light cavalry
- irregular cavalry
When it comes to line cavalry - this term was applied to some gunpowder era cavalry formations. Ancient equivalent of line cavalry would be horse archers, and later Medieval mounted crossbowmen.
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.