Pospolite ruszenie
Pospolite ruszenie (Polish pronunciation:
Rise
Before the 13th century, the
As the knights (later, nobles - the
The early pospolite ruszenie also put the requirement of military service on the landowning knights in the priesthood, and on the peasant leaders (
Pospolite ruszenie units were usually organized based on a
Decline
Szlachta from regions like the Commonwealth's eastern and southern borderlands, where combat was common, created fairly competent units, while those from peaceful regions of the Commonwealth lacked battle experience and training compared to regular-military troops or
From the 15th century, pospolite ruszenie levies were used less often than were professional military troops.[6][11] By mid-16th century, pospolite ruszenie could, in theory, have fielded about 50,000 troops.[3]
By the 17th century, the military value of the pospolite ruszenie was very limited, and was last called to participate in the
Final reforms, partitions and the Second Polish Republic
During the
During the
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-231-12819-3. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d Zygmunt Gloger (1896). Ksie̜ga rzeczy polskich: Opracował G. Nakł. Macierzy Polskiej. pp. 351–353. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-23985-1. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Juliusz Bardach, Boguslaw Lesnodorski, and Michal Pietrzak, Historia panstwa i prawa polskiego (Warsaw: Paristwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1987, p.113-114
- ^ a b c Juliusz Bardach, Boguslaw Lesnodorski, and Michal Pietrzak, Historia panstwa i prawa polskiego (Warsaw: Paristwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1987, p.91-92
- ^ a b c Adam Szela̜gowski (1904). Wzrost państwa polskiego w XV i XVI w. Polska na przełomie wieków średnich i nowych. Nakł. B. Połonieckiego. pp. 318–321. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Juliusz Bardach, Boguslaw Lesnodorski, and Michal Pietrzak, Historia panstwa i prawa polskiego (Warsaw: Paristwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1987, p.229
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- ^ Anthony J. Zielinski (1918). Poland in the world of democracy. Laclede. p. 134. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7190-2381-1. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-521-85332-3. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-83-02-04615-5. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Pospolite ruszenie". WIEM, darmowa encyklopedia. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ISBN 978-0-691-00570-6. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
Further reading
- K Hahn, Pospolite ruszenie wedle uchwał sejmikowych ruskich od XVI do XVIII wieku, 1928
- J Kowecki, Pospolite ruszenie w insurekcji, 1794, 1963