Mobilisation of the Armies of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth before the Battle of Pereyaslav in 1630
Journal: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego eBooks
Year: 2023

This article outlines the mobilisation efforts made by both the Royal and the Hetman’s Chancellery with the aim of concentrating the maximum armed forces of the Crown army to suppress the uprising of the Zaporozhian Host under the command of Taras Fedorovych and Anton But. Particular aspects of the mobilisation were considered, such as the methodology of its implementation with regard to units of the so-called ‘quarter’ army (Polish: wojsko kwarciane), foreign troops, private cavalry banners, se