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==Classical Antiquity== | ==Classical Antiquity== | ||
==Medieval== | ==Medieval== | ||
== | ==High Middle Ages== | ||
Spanning from [[917]]-[[1575]], warfare in the High Middle Ages in what is now [[Burgundie]] was characterized by mercenaries and countless petty conflicts between the numerous kings, princes, military orders, merchantile leagues, bishops, and archbishops that ruled the coast of [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericania]]. The major military milestones of this era that drove small arms development were the War of the Three Princes (1071), resulting in the establishment of the Kingdom of Gassavelia; the [[Crusades]] in [[Sarpedon]] (1095–1291), in [[Audonia]] (1167–1428), in modern [[Yonderre]] (1458-1574). The era is considered to have ended with the conclusion of the [[Great Confessional War]]. | |||
===Polearms=== | |||
With the fall of regional power brokers like Alvaria, the Principality of Eagavix, and the Bishopric of Rabascall, in the 930s and the establishment of the far off and overarching [[Kingdom of Dericania|Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines]], the {{wpl|monopoly on violence}} devolved to the local fief lords. These changed combat and therefore the type of small arms used immensely. Gone were the well-funded mercenary armies of the upper nobility, instead they were replaced by the {{wpl|knight-service}} rabble of farmers and serfs. Because the lowest level vassals were responsible for the equipment of their own soldiers it often fell to the lowest common denominator and farming equipment was repurposed in times of war into a myriad of polearms. | |||
===Projectile weapons ban=== | |||
In [[1139]], canon 29 of the "second Lateran Council" banned the use of bows, slings, and crossbow against other Christians under {{wpl|Anathema#Catholicism|penalty of anathema}} as a weapon “hateful to God and unfit for Christians,” and [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Luciusian_Dynasty|Emperor Uc I]] (reigned 1108–40) forbade its use in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. But the crossbow proved useful in the [[Crusades]] against the infidel in [[Audonia]] from [[1167]]-[[1428]]. | |||
===Gendarmes and the cavalry=== | |||
==Age of Discovery== | ==Age of Discovery== | ||
Coming out of the [[Great Confessional War]] the victorious Catholic princelings had learned many new and vicious ways to conduct war. While not a common feature of the war itself, some wealthier nobles had started to adopt {{wpl|pike and shot}}, particularly in the newly formed Duchy of Martilles and on the island Duchy of Bourgondi. As the Early Modern period progressed {{wpl|pike and shot}} became the predominant method of warfare in the coastal fiefs of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. However, as the colonial period exploded, those princelings involved in colonization brought back new or improved tactics which informed their weapon development. Large number of horses made {{wpl|cuirassier}}s a staple for the dukes at the head of colonial armies. | Coming out of the [[Great Confessional War]] the victorious Catholic princelings had learned many new and vicious ways to conduct war. While not a common feature of the war itself, some wealthier nobles had started to adopt {{wpl|pike and shot}}, particularly in the newly formed Duchy of Martilles and on the island Duchy of Bourgondi. As the Early Modern period progressed {{wpl|pike and shot}} became the predominant method of warfare in the coastal fiefs of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. However, as the colonial period exploded, those princelings involved in colonization brought back new or improved tactics which informed their weapon development. Large number of horses made {{wpl|cuirassier}}s a staple for the dukes at the head of colonial armies. | ||