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    The francs-archers ("free archers") militia were the first attempt at the formation of regular infantry in France. They were created by the ordonnance...
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    in 1483. It was later supplemented by the bandes d'artillerie, the franc-archers militia after 1448 and standing infantry regiments (bandes d'infanterie)...
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    are called voulgiers. It is a weapon noted to have been used by the Franc-Archers and is also depicted in artwork of their creation. There is a popular...
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  • exhaust the enemy by repeated raids); and in the military chant Chanson du franc archer of 1562, where the term is referred to a gaunt jument (de poil fauveau...
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  • Freikorps (independent 'free-corps' regiments), or the French franc-archer ('free-archer'). Another suggests a supernatural element, with frei having a...
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    – this play had a great influence on Rabelais in the 16th century Le Franc archer de Bagnolet (1468–1473) Moralité (1486) – Henri Baude L'Homme pécheur...
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  • - this play had a great influence on Rabelais in the 16th century Le Franc archer de Bagnolet (1468–1473) Moralité (1486) - Henri Baude L'Homme pécheur...
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  • summoned into larger armies when needed. Provisions were also made for franc-archers and foot soldiers raised from the non-noble classes, but those units...
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  • d'Alsace Lorraine). This society was fleeting. Another society, the Francs Archers, celebrates its patronal feast on the same day at the Église Saint-Jacques...
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    optimized for thrusting. The épée de passot was the sidearm of the franc-archers (French or Breton bowmen of the 15th and 16th centuries). The term passot...
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