DEBATES ON THE CAROLINGIAN FRANKS’ ARMORED CAVALRY IN WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE SECOND PART OF THE 20TH – BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURIES: SELECTED ISSUES
Володимир Миколайович Гуцул
The article is devoted to the analysis of late 20th – early 21st centuries’ historiographical polemics around origin and development Frankish armored cavalry in Carolingian era. discussion broke out theses about military superiority (composed people from upper strata society) era and, as a consequence, rapid spread technology cultivated among horsemen-aristocrats, accompanied by their inherent stereotypes behavioral patterns Latin Europe. These issues were raised 1960s American scholar Lynn White (1907-1987). main factor military, technological political transformations that took place kingdom Franks during 8th century, according White, was process introducing stirrup into equipment cavalry. Since then, almost every work on history chivalry medieval affairs published Western world begins with discussing this. purpose this analyze course dramatic historiographic controversy surrounding White's stance general. found both ardent supporters (Robert Bartlett, Alex Roland, Dominic Barthelemy) uncompromising critics (Bernard Bachrach). There has been no academic consensus cavalry’s genesis force level However, polemic clarified several important related chivalric technology. First, it its evolutionary lasting nature, not revolutionary sudden changes society army 9th centuries. Secondly, direct dependence socio-economic life Europe more narrowly, weapons concepts practices usage. And thirdly, influence cultural determinism studies second half 21stcenturies. quietus argument given yet.
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