Witeczka.
Podobno wymy¶lili to Francuzi, umieszczaj±c bia³y krzy¿ na bia³ym polu, w nawi±zaniu do swej powszechnie znanej bitno¶ci i niez³omno¶ci ... tak gdzie¶ po¶rodku Wojny Stuletniej
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"fleur-de-lys" dodali pó¼niej, gwoli heraldycznej poprawno¶ci...
Za¶ tak powa¿nie - ju¿ podobno Chiñczycy i Rzymianie na pocz±tku naszej ery bia³± szmatê u¿ywali - zacytujê co¶ takiego, Niewiasta umna ¿e¶ i z obc± mow± obyta, poradzisz sobie
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"Ancient historians from both China and Rome noted the use of white flags to signal surrender. In the former empire, the tradition is believed to have originated with the reign of the Eastern Han dynasty (A.D 25-220), though it may be somewhat older. The Roman writer Cornelius Tacitus mentions a white flag of surrender in his Histories, first published in A.D. 109. His reference concerns the Second Battle of Cremona, fought between the Vitellians and the Vespasians in A.D. 69; at the time, the more common Roman token of surrender was for soldiers to hold their shields above their heads. It is believed that the tradition developed independently in the East and West."Pok³ony.