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UberKruX: Nice ideas! Personally, I'd be deciding between Gniezno (the original capital) and Warsaw as "HQs". And I'd choose either kings Mieszko I (or Mieczyslaw I as you say), Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great), Wladyslaw (Vladislav) Jagiello and Jozef Pilsudski (the latter not being a king, but IMHO Poland's greatest XXth century leader).
Most Poles would say that a special unit would be the husaria. The husaria was a kind of lightly-moderately armored cavalry, which had a special feature - attached to the back plate of each rider were two vertical curved poles (not Poles
) with horizontally placed feathers (I'll find a picture of that to better illustrate the thing). This contraption generated a very loud and ominous sound when the rider was in motion. Increased in magnitude when hundreds of riders were charging simultaneously, this provided for a shattering psychological effect.
However, I find your idea about the artillery very original, and frankly, I think you have a better special unit concept.
Col Bigspear: Thanks. Nice to see some support here
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My personal advice BTW - I'd not pick Stanislaus Leszczynski (if we're talking about the same guy), since he was a very week king.
jsw363: Nice to hear you're a supporter.
I'm 100% sure that it was in its time. Russia was not always that big - think about the fact that it was countered from the east by Tatars. As for the other countries, if they would be bigger than Poland then, then Europe would have to be as twice as big to fit them all in .
Yes, Poland had a system that become anachronicl after some time. However this allowed it to become a leading producer of food crops ("The Granary of Europe", I think what it was called). Of course eventually the progressively more popular conservatism among the nobility halted the necessary reforms, until it was too late.
Also think about the fact that in almost all European countries in the XVIth - XVIIth century most people were serfs.
DarkCloud: Russia has been included to the original set of civilizations, so you don't have to worry about that.
krzysiek: Heh, milo w koncu spotkac rodaka na tych forach.
Arent: Hey there
! What's up friend? And no, I'm argueing more about a Panpolonian Confederacy .
Christantine The Great: Unfortunely, krzysiek picked the wrong time frame. You're right, Poland in the XVIIIth century was very weak, on the verge of disintegration. It has also lost a lot of wars, so the map he is presenting is not the best example. As I've said, I'll try to find a better one.
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Most Poles would say that a special unit would be the husaria. The husaria was a kind of lightly-moderately armored cavalry, which had a special feature - attached to the back plate of each rider were two vertical curved poles (not Poles
) with horizontally placed feathers (I'll find a picture of that to better illustrate the thing). This contraption generated a very loud and ominous sound when the rider was in motion. Increased in magnitude when hundreds of riders were charging simultaneously, this provided for a shattering psychological effect.However, I find your idea about the artillery very original, and frankly, I think you have a better special unit concept.
Col Bigspear: Thanks. Nice to see some support here
. My personal advice BTW - I'd not pick Stanislaus Leszczynski (if we're talking about the same guy), since he was a very week king.
jsw363: Nice to hear you're a supporter
.
Was Poland really the largest country in Europe? I could understand that it's larger than France and Spain, but the Hapsburg Empire? The HRE? Russia? Also frankly, I don't remember it being a major player in European History. Also didn't they have a feudal system of agriculture far longer than Western Europe? I don't know if it's possible to have a "prospering economy" if many people are serfs. Admittedly I'm not an expert on Polish history, so could someone clarify all this for me?
.Yes, Poland had a system that become anachronicl after some time. However this allowed it to become a leading producer of food crops ("The Granary of Europe", I think what it was called). Of course eventually the progressively more popular conservatism among the nobility halted the necessary reforms, until it was too late.
Also think about the fact that in almost all European countries in the XVIth - XVIIth century most people were serfs.
DarkCloud: Russia has been included to the original set of civilizations, so you don't have to worry about that
.krzysiek: Heh, milo w koncu spotkac rodaka na tych forach
.Arent: Hey there
! What's up friend? And no, I'm argueing more about a Panpolonian Confederacy .Christantine The Great: Unfortunely, krzysiek picked the wrong time frame. You're right, Poland in the XVIIIth century was very weak, on the verge of disintegration. It has also lost a lot of wars, so the map he is presenting is not the best example. As I've said, I'll try to find a better one.
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