Development of military small arms in Burgundie: Difference between revisions

While [[Burgundie]] has long had an on-again-off-again relationship with the concept of a professional and or standing army, the origin of weapons, currently classified as {{wpl|Sidearm (weapon|sidearms}}, serving a purpose that is currently attributed to modern militaries goes back beyond the horizon in the long moral arc of human history. That history, like the last sentence, is unending and brutal. While the first standing armies were not present in the principalities that make up modern [[Burgundie]] until [[1461]] when the Bishop of Bonavix passed a decree restricted military recruitment and training to himself. There was a new tax to be raised known as the ''taille'' that was to provide funding for a new provincial army. The ''taille'' started a tradition of centralized provisioning and logistical standardization that took many centuries to perfect. It also was the first time that an army within the bounds of modern [[Burgundie]] spent money to buy side arms and conduct common training in their use.