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As the group's first foreign volunteer, he helped form the Croatian army's First International Unit. ... Condottiere 1300–1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries ...
French troops being attacked by the Tard-Venus free company during the 1362 Battle of Brignais.. A free company (sometimes called a great company or, in French, grande compagnie) was an army of mercenaries between the 12th and 14th centuries recruited by private employers during wars.
King John's use of mercenaries in his civil wars led to condemnation and banishment of mercenaries in Magna Carta in 1215. [5] Mercenary bands also fell from favour in France in the early 13th century, the end of the Albigensian Crusade and the beginning of a long period of domestic peace removing the context in which the routiers flourished. [6]
Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages (3 C, ... Pages in category "Medieval mercenaries" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
The earlier, medieval condottieri developed the "art of war" (military strategy and tactics) into military science more than any of their historical military predecessors—fighting indirectly, not directly—thus, only reluctantly endangering themselves and their enlisted men, avoiding battle when possible, also avoiding hard work and winter ...
The Saika mercenary group ... In the medieval period, Purbiya mercenaries from Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh were a common feature in kingdoms in western and ...
Pages in category "Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages (3 C, 25 P) Military units and formations of the Hundred Years' War (8 P) Military units and formations of the medieval Islamic world (1 C, 10 P)