SOME NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS REGARDING THE MILITARY USE OF ARCHERY IN 17TH CENTURY MOLDAVIA
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25 March 2026
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15 July 2013
Abstract
THE MOLDAVIAN ARMIES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SAW A CONTINUITY IN THE MILITARY USE OF ARCHERY, UNLIKE MOST OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT, WHERE MODERN FIREARMS QUICKLY REPLACED THE OLD TACTICS AND WEAPONRY. DIFFERENT SOURCES REPORT THAT FOOT OR MOUNTED ARCH ERS WERE DEPLOYED AS AUXILIARY TROOPS ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN MOST OCCASIONS AND USED IN PARRALEL WITH ELITE SOLDIERS WIELDING GUNPOWDER WEAPONS. PRACTICALLY APPLIED AS LATE AS THE EARLY EITEENTH CENTURY, ARCHERY KNEW A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN MOLDAVIA ONLY ALONG WITH THE CRITICAL MILITARY REGRESSION DURING THE SO -CALLED “PHANARIOTE RULE”, HAVING BEEN COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED PROBABLY BY THE MID -1700’S.
Keywords
MOLDAVIA
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
ARCHERY
MILITARY HISTORY.
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