Српска Хусарија - Serbian Hussaria

[Ilinoida]

Ево шта још има занимљиво о нашој земљи...

 

[VoSlavu]

Iako su u Poljaci svou tešku konjicu bazirali na srpskim jedinicama, pa se stoga husari u početku zovu Racowie . "Racowie byli protoplastami późniejszej polskiej husarii."

Evo jedne ilustracije iz XVI veka. Srpski husar

 

[Serdar Scepan Radojevic]

The hussar concept began in Serbia, near the end of the 14th century. In the 16th century, painted wings or winged claws began to appear on cavalry shields. Wings were originally attached to the saddle and later to the back. In 1645, Col. Szczodrowski was said to have used ostrich wings.

In 1500, the Polish Treasury books make reference to hussars. Early on, they were foreign mercenaries, and were called Racowie from "Rascia" a word meaning "of Serbia." They came from the Serbian state of Ras.

If I may quote Ryszart Brzezinski's excellent work, Polish Armies 1569-1696 (1) (Osprey, London, 1987).
"The hussar originated in Serbia towards the end of the 14th century. There are references to hussars in Poland in treasury returns of 1500, though they were probably in Polish service before this date. These early formations were foreign mercenaries, first known as Racowie from the term Rascia, 'Serbia', from the original centre of the Serbian state, Ras. The term 'hussar' probably originates not - as has been widely published - from any connections with the Hungarian husz meaning 'twenty', but from gusar, a Slavonic word meaning 'bandit'.

Polish-Lithuanian (Winged) Hussar

Commonwealth Hussar, wings visible. Painting by Aleksander Orłowski

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the very begining of Polish Hussaria belongs entirely to the Balkan Serbian warriors already known as hussars (for almost a hundred years prior to their coming to Poland).

They came to the Polish Kingdom, at the end of the 15th century, in search of military employment and probably somewhat of a easier life, and our Polish Kingdom did offer these noble refugees from the Turkish-Hungarian-Habsburg wars of the 15th century plenty of religious freedom and economic prosperity...

http://www.polishforums.com/history...ieval-cavalry-formation-polish-hussars-39724/

http://dariocaballeros.blogspot.com/2009/04/serbian-hussars.html