Naučení o šikování jízdních, pěších i vozů z pera českého rytiera Václava Vlčka z Čenova (cca 1440 – 1500) ako vzácny prameň pre skúmanie taktiky jazdeckých oddielov na sklonku stredoeurópskeho stredoveku

Learning about the Lining up of Cavalry, Infantry and Carriages written by the Czech Knight, Václav Vlček from Čenov, as a rare source for exploring the tactics of the cavalry units in late medieval Central Europe

Autor: BEŇA Samuel

BEŇA, Samuel: Naučení o šikování jízdních, pěších i vozů z pera českého rytiera Václava Vlčka z Čenova (cca 1440 – 1500) ako vzácny prameň pre skúmanie taktiky jazdeckých oddielov na sklonku stredoeurópskeho stredoveku

BEŇA, Samuel: Learning about the Lining up of Cavalry, Infantry and Carriages written by the Czech Knight, Václav Vlček from Čenov, as a rare source for exploring the tactics of the cavalry units in late medieval Central Europe.

Vojenská história, 24, 3, 2020, pp. 19-32. 

The article describes the tactics and formations of the late medieval cavalry in the didactic letter titled Instructions on the battle order of cavalry, infantry and battle wagons by the Czech Knight and Mercenary Commander, Václav Vlček from Čenov (approx. 1425 – 1510). The instructions addressed to the Czech-Hungarian King Vladislaus II. Jagiellon help us to better understand the controversy regarding the so called wedge-columnar cavalry formations. The second part of the article deals with the role of cavalry in an open field battle. The work includes a scheme (or visual interpretation) of an ideal battle formation of the Jagiellonian´s monarch troops. The work is aimed at pointing out the importance of the Instructions within East-Central European military history.

Key words: Václav Vlček from Čenov. Art of war in East-Central Europe. Late medieval warfare. Renaissance warfare. Cavalry tactics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2020.24.3.2

Ročník: 24 | Číslo: 3/2020 | Stránky: 19-32