Comments by "No One" (@joermundgand) on "Fire of Learning" channel.

  1. Each hussar was loyal to a magnate, a magnate was comparable to a Japanese daimyo, a hussar served his magnate until death, a masterless hussar was nothing, to betray your oath to your magnate was akin to betraying Christ, no access to heaven.
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  2. Szlachta comprised ten percent of the populace, comparable to the samurai class in Japan, most Szlachta were no richer than a well off farmer, but they could serve a Magnate in various capacities, most did so as Hussars.
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  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnates_of_Poland_and_Lithuania
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  4. BartTP. Magnates would fund armies, the kings were puppets of the Sejm, the Sejm was dominated by the magnates who would train, maintain and equip armies of Szlachta.
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