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Jul 18

Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVa: Leadership

Bret Devereaux

This is the fourth part (I, IIa, IIb, III) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized. We’ve talked about how armies are recruited, equipped and paid for. In particular, as we’ve seen so far, the structure of...

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Jun 12

Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIa: Mobilization without Administration

Bret Devereaux

This is the second part (I, IIa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped and paid. While I hope this will be of great interest to the history nerds out there, I’ve opted to structure this...

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