Nothing more clearly illustrates the power of war as a culture-shaping force than the eerie parallels between feudal Japan and feudal Europe. Both societies rested on the labor of relatively unfree peasants, and both were ruled by hereditary warrior classes—knights in Europe and bushi, or samurai, in Japan—representing, or at least serving, the landed aristocracy. […]| Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
Fighting on horseback with lance, sword, and heavy armor did not necessarily make a knight out of a soldier, even during the early period. Other mounted and nonmounted soldiers coexisted in the immediate retinue of the knight (the “lance”) or as independent or semi-independent units of mounted sergeants, or routiers. The retinue of a knight […]| Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
British Dragoon Lt. Colonel Banestra Tarleton used brutal assault tactics during his attacks on rebel forces and patriot communities. Engraving by David Edwin, 1814. The onset was violent, and the …| Revolutionary War Journal
His father’s early death cleared young Winston for a life of achievement Lord Randolph Churchill simply could not have imagined. His son constantly reminded himself of that. It was almost certainly his greatest disappointment—after failing to secure permanent world peace—that his father never knew what the boy he disparaged would become. The post How Young Winston Joined the Cavalry, and the 4th Hussars appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College