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| Keywords: Gendarmes.jpg French Gendarmes in the Italian Wars early to mid sixteenth century These men represent the return of the knight now called Gendarme to mounted combat By the middle of the sixteenth century they would abandon the lance in favor of pistols and during the seventeenth century the heavy cavalryman would progressively shed his heavy armour as well Cavalleria pesante source PD-Art History of the French gendarmerie 16th-century cavalry Renaissance warfare Military history of France French Army during the Italian Wars Cavalry during the Renaissance | ||||
