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The source of the trouble was the supporters of brigands (like Carmine Crocco from Basilicata, the most famous outlaw during the Italian unification) [10] received from various kinds of manuténgoli (maintainers) – great men, corrupt officials, political parties, and the peasants who were terrorized, or who profited by selling the brigands ...
2 Cast. 3 Episodes. 4 Production. 5 Release. 6 Reception. 7 See also. 8 References. ... Brigands: The Quest for Gold (Italian: Briganti) is an Italian historical ...
The term brigand or brigands may also refer to: outlaw; Brigands, 1996; The Brigand, 1952; Brigands: The Quest for Gold, an Italian television series; The Brigand – A Romance of the Reign of Don Carlos, by Alexandre Dumas; Bristol Brigand, airplane; Bristol Brigand, British car manufactured from 1982 to 1994, version of the Bristol Type 603
Brigandage in Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had existed in some form since ancient times.However, its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers would evolve vastly later on to become a form of a political resistance movement, especially from the 19th century onward.
Li chiamarono... briganti! (They called them... brigands!) is a 1999 Italian film, directed by Pasquale Squitieri.It tells the story of Carmine Crocco, a 19th-century Italian brigand who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the brigandage during the Italian unification, by opposing the army of King Victor Emmanuel II.
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.
Brigands, chapitre VII (internationally released as Brigands) is a 1996 French drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani. The film entered the competition at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival , where it received the Special Jury Prize .
Léon interprets the most completely assembled documentation and identifies the bagaudae as impoverished local free peasants, reinforced by brigands, runaway slaves and deserters from the legions, who were trying to resist the ruthless labor exploitation of the late Roman proto-feudal colonus manorial and military systems, and all manner of ...