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Tango01 | 22 Aug 2024 5:01 p.m. PST |
… à l'Altiplano. "Arnaud Exbalin, Lecturer at the University of Paris-Nanterre and researcher at Mondes Américains-EHESS, quickly describes the extent of the territories where mastiffs and mastiffs are used, he provides interesting information on the canine practices of the Spanish as well as on the names given to the canines. The different tactical uses are sometimes inherited from the wars of the Reconquista, the Canaries and the first Italian war. For reasons that I will let you discover, the author suggests that "Spanish mastiffs played a crucial tactical role in tropical-mountainous environments" without however overestimating the overall effectiveness of the peros bravos in combat. There is also a question of the terrifying psychological impact of these behemoths on the civilian and military populations of the native peoples…" OT link
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