The Day Medieval Warfare Died: The Battle of Pavia 1525

Explore the Evolution of Armor Coloring Book, featuring illustrations based on the artwork presented in this video. Available on Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0aioYarc Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. After months of exhausting siege warfare, two of Europe’s leading powers—the Kingdom of France and the Habsburgs—clashed at the Battle of Pavia. The battle marked the dramatic climax of their decades-long struggle for supremacy on the continent, fought primarily on the battlefields of Italy. It was also a pivotal moment in military development. At Pavia, the modern pike-and-shot infantry of Emperor Charles V faced the most formidable heavy cavalry in Europe—the French gendarmes. Would the old elite prevail once more, or was a new era about to begin? This is how modern historiography recounts the Battle of Pavia. Artwork from the channel collected into a coloring book (line art + colored versions): https://amzn.to/4veRAb4 It also includes some illustrations that haven’t appeared in the videos yet. (Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.) Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory Paypal (thank you: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandRhomanhistory Bibliography: Hirt, Kathrin, Die Schlacht von Pavia 1525, in: Die italienischen Kriege zwischen Karl V. und Franz I. in den Jahren 1521-1530. Medienereignisse in zeitgenössischen deutschen, italienischen und französischen Flugschriften Dissertation (zugl. Diss.), Gießen 2010, pp. 63-66. Kohler, Alfred, Das Reich im Kampf um die Hegemonie in Europa 1521-1648, Munich 2010. Potter, David, Renaissance France at war. Armies, culture and society, c. 1480-1560, Woodbridge 2008. Shaw, Christin/Mallet, Michael, The Italian Wars 1494- 1559, London/New York 2019. Showalter, Dennis/Astore, William, Soldiers’ Lives Through History. The Early Modern World, Westport/London 2007.