Search for: [Abstract = %22After finishing a long%5C-term conflict with the State of the Teutonic Order %5C(1521%2C 1525%5C)%2C the Polish foreign policy directed its focus to the East%2C which resulted in the necessity to reorganise the armed forces%2C at least partially. It translated%2C among other things%2C into changes in the military technology. The latter%2C in turn%2C had to be gradually adapted to the unique military culture which dominated in the Eastern and South%5C-Eastern theatre of military operations. Among many symptoms of these changes%2C some can be observed in the area of weaponry. This was a natural process%2C observed also in other territorial and temporal contexts%2C which normally took place after two different war customs had met. In the 16th century Eastern and South%5C-Eastern theatre of military operations%2C a perfect example is offered by the abandonment and later the return to using the bow and arrow in combat.%22]

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