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English: French Gendarmes in the Italian Wars, early to mid sixteenth century. These men represent the return of the knight, now called Gendarme, to mounted combat. By the middle of the sixteenth century they would abandon the lance in favor of pistols, and during the seventeenth century the heavy cavalryman would progressively shed his heavy armour as well.
Italiano: Cavalleria pesante
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Source 1518 Altdorfer Sieg Karls des Grossen ueber die Awaren anagoria
Author Albrecht Altdorfer

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