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scarylady ([personal profile] scarylady) wrote in [community profile] peopleofthedas 2010-11-21 06:38 pm (UTC)

Right, apparently they didn't have divisions at all in the middle ages.

An army was divided into 3 Battles (or Bataille in French/Orlesian). The size of a Bataille was determined by the size of the army.

Within each Bataille there would be a number of Retinue Company Household Familia (or Household Familia Regis or King's Household Lance depending on your country). This was a european term for a group of troops where you have a knight, 2-3 men at arms, 6-10 archers etc

Or there could be a number of Lances Fournies, which is a unit of 10 men based around a knight.

Personally I'd be tempted to take the latter to be your division, led by a Chevalier. That'd make 240 men + 24 Chevaliers. In this case, then, they would be split into 3 Batailles of 80 men, led by 8 Chevaliers. Does that help?

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