At least he's fair about it

[jere7my]

Scholarly Put-down of the Week Award (filling in for adfamiliares, who's out of town for the day):

Yet traditional cavalry persisted in many armies after Pavia, and it is worth asking whether this represented obtuse traditionalism or sheer irrationality in the face of the evidence.

—Bert S. Hall, Weapons & Warfare in Renaissance Europe

Comments

[creed-of-hubris.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just read that book about a month ago. Doing research on early black powder weaponry?

[jere7my.livejournal.com]

You betcha. I actually read it a few years ago, but didn't take great notes.