Reply To: We march for plunder! Croat Cavalry in the Thirty Years War

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Thanks, Robert!

Yes.  I did meant to mention that in my blog but it slipped my mind.  The Croat cavalry apparently had a fancy way of tying a neckerchief around their neck.  Towards the end of the Thirty Years War the Croat cavalry found their way in to service with the French.  The French fashionistas were very taken by this fancy neck wear, copied it, and named it after the Croats – becoming “cravat” in French.

Odd then that, hundreds of years later, I should be forced to wear a tie, evolved from the cravat, every day to school so that I looked smart!  It perhaps would have been more bearable if I had realised then that I was doing this in honour of a group of terrifying marauders from the Balkans! 😉