Art De La Guerre

[KevinD]

1. Under Feudal French there is the Southern French (after 1185) sub-list. It states (all in one box):

“Aragonese or Navarrese allies (List 199 Feudal Spanish). No Strategist or Genoese and maximum of 4 Elite knights.”

Does this mean that no Southern French army may have a Strategist, Genoese or more than 4 elite knights? Or only tha5 a Southern French army including a Spanish ally may not have a Strategist, Genoese or more than 4 elite knights?

2. What region (if any) and hence options I does Charles of Anjou (1266-1285) come from? Anjou seems a bit northerly but the notes talk about his “Mediterranean empire” and he was the Count of Provence from 1246 when he married Beatrice of Provence. Can he take the “Northern French (from 1200)” options? Or the “Southern French (after 1150)” options or only the “Charles of Anjou(from 1266 to 1285)” options?

[lionelrus]

1° FIRST SOLUTION
2 CHARLES D'ANJOU MADE CAMPAIGN IN ITALY, SO IN THIS CONTEXT HE IS NEITHER NORTH OR SOUTH.
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[KevinD]

Thank you.
Kevin

[KevinD]

Looking at this list, it seems like it is pretty light on crossbows at least for the 13th century. It only has 0-2 French plus, after 1150, 0-2 Genoese mercenaries. It also has 0-4 bowmen. But when I look at lists of men supplied by vassals in the 13th c, these almost always contain crossbowmen and mounted crossbowmen, but I’ve never seen one list bowmen. (Admittedly the sample of these I’ve seen is pretty small, maybe there is a good source for the archers I’m not aware of…) At the pivotal Battle of Bovines (1214), crossbows were noted being used but not bows. Perhaps there should be an option to replace any LMI Bw or LI Bw with LMI XB or LI XB from 1200 (or even 1180 when Philipp II was coronated).

However, it was noted that unlike the 14th c, knight’s mail and transitional mail/plate combos seemed to often be adequate at protecting the wearer. Thus Perhaps the 0-4 Mediocre Bw or LI Bw can be thought of as underpowered crossbowmen…