Gendarme (historical)
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gendarme-historical-167-14005289
title:
Gendarme (historical)
text:
A gendarme was a heavy cavalryman of noble birth, primarily serving in the French army from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. Heirs to the knights of French medieval feudal armies, French gendarmes enjoyed like their forefathers a great reputation and were regarded as the finest European heavy cavalry force until the decline of chivalric ideals largely due to the ever-evolving developments in gunpowder technology. They provided the King of France with a potent regular force of arm
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Successors to medieval French knights
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarme_(historical)
date created:
2006-10-12T21:10:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:06:03Z
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