So, a lot of new followers. Welcome! I mostly use this space to nerd out a bunch about ancient history, military history, or both. I also have a blog where I do mostly that thing, but more so: https://acoup.blog/ I also occasionally opine on geopolitics/nat-sec Cheers!
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Professor Devereaux: Someone linked an article you wrote on horse Cavalry charge tactics on Reddit's r/badhistory. As a longtime rider and equestrian myself - trained in USPC, Pony Clubs - I wanted to ask, do you have practical horsemanship, riding, and/or Cavalry experience?
There is a fairly large body of scholarship on how cavalry might have functioned at various points in history; I am relating the conclusions that scholarship has come to. The tricky thing is effectively no one has real cavalry experience, esp. not pertaining to the Middle Ages.
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If you're interested in what we know about cavalry combat in the Middle Ages, I would suggest C.J. Rogers, Soldier's Lives Through History: The Middle Ages (2007) Verbruggen, The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages (1997)...
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...and J. Keegan, The Face of Battle (1976). For archer cavalry, T. May, The Mongol Art of War (2017). You will find that there is some reliance on knowledge about the behavior of horses and on equestrian survivals of military drills (e.g. sport horse archery, tent-pegging)...
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"The tricky thing is effectively no one has real cavalry experience" This isn't true of modern cavalry. USPC was founded and helmed by Col. Howard C. Fair of the Royal Horse Artillery. Today's equestrianism had major influence from Cavalry veterans, such as Maj. Gen. Jonathan...
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..R. Burton, also including Jim Wofford, son of Cavalry Col. John W. Wofford, among many others. I'll link a documentary about the influence of Maj. Gen. Burton in particular. Burton still had an active role in teaching until he passed away in 2019.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSWpOYhN-o …
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