(August 14, 2016 at 5:42 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Historians themselves don't know, but I would invite you to find any credible author who says that it was less than 40K, both sides included.
Once again, and for the last time. Look at the overall population, look at medieval logistics, look at the possibility of that number of troops, which isn't supported by the overall population number, being fed. 30.000 t0 60.000, that's more than Wallenstein led into battle 800 years later, during the 30 years war in one of the most populated regions of the world back then.
30.000 to 60.000 is utter bullshit given the time and the region. Probably blown up by a factor of ten, which is usual for medieval writers.