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During the
period of the Crusades,
turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Gr****: τουρκόπουλοι,
literally "sons of Turks") were
locally recruited...
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pages with
titles beginning with Turk
Grand Turk (disambiguation)
Turcopole (literally "sons of Turks"),
mounted archers and
light cavalry emplo****...
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merchant fleet, and a
large number of
mercenaries (including
indigenous Turcopoles)
hired with
money donated to the
kingdom by
Henry II, King of England...
- class.
Since then,
followers gained when
creating a
stronghold include "
Turcopole"-type
horsed crossbowmen,
there is
already a hint of the
crusades as an...
- used as
mercenary light cavalry in
Italy in the
later 15th century.
Turcopole: A
light mounted archer used
extensively during the
Crusades in the Middle...
-
lightly armed mercenaries as
cavalry in the 12th
century that were
known as
turcopoles (the Gr**** term for
descendants of Turks). Its
meaning has been interpreted...
- of turcopolier, who was in
charge of
local auxiliary forces known as
turcopoles, and the admiral, who
commanded the navy of the
Order of
Saint John. The...
- From 7,000 to 40,000 from the rest of
Europe and Outremer, plus some
Turcopoles Ayyubids: 40,000 (Saladin's
field army, 1189 – estimate) 5,000–20,000...
- The
Crusaders used
conscripted cavalry and
horse archers known as the
Turcopole, made up of
mostly Gr**** and Turks.
Heavy horse archers,
instead of skirmishing...
- more
soldiers from
every other source (Danes, Frisians, Genoese, Pisans,
Turcopoles). Boas
notes that this
calculation doesn't
account for
losses in earlier...
