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jere7my ([personal profile] jere7my) wrote2010-03-19 09:48 pm

At least he's fair about it

Scholarly Put-down of the Week Award (filling in for [livejournal.com profile] 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

[identity profile] creed-of-hubris.livejournal.com 2010-03-20 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, I just read that book about a month ago. Doing research on early black powder weaponry?
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[identity profile] jere7my.livejournal.com 2010-03-20 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
You betcha. I actually read it a few years ago, but didn't take great notes.