Chevauchée
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A chevauchée (, "promenade" or "horse charge", depending on context) was a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, primarily by burning and pillaging enemy territory in order to reduce the productivity of a region, in addition to siege warfare most often as part of wars of conquest but occasionally as a punitive raid. The use of the chevauchée declined at the end of the 14th century as the focus of warfare turned to sieges. It is conceptually similar to the scorched earth strategies used in modern warfare.
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- Early uses
- Development
- Notable uses
- War of the Two Peters
- Hundred Years' War
- 1346 Crécy campaign
- 1346 campaign of Henry of Grosmont
- 1355 campaign of the Black Prince
- 1356 campaign of the Black Prince
- 1373 campaign of John of Gaunt
- 1380 campaign of the Earl of Buckingham
- In the 15th century
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
A chevauchée (, "promenade" or "horse charge", depending on context) was a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, primarily by burning and pillaging enemy territory in order to reduce the productivity of a region, in addition to siege warfare most often as part of wars of conquest but occasionally as a punitive raid. The use of the chevauchée declined at the end of the 14th century as the focus of warfare turned to sieges. It is conceptually similar to the scorched earth strategies used in modern warfare.
In Spain, this type of raid was usually called a cabalgada (older spelling: cavalgada). The Ghazi razzia is also considered similar in purpose.