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Pages in category "Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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)
Maximilian began raising the first Landsknecht units in 1486, [2] amassing 6,000–8,000 mercenaries. One of these units he gave to Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern , who trained them with Swiss instructors in Bruges in 1487 to become the " Black Guard " [ a ] – the first Landsknechte . [ 12 ]
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 lance fournie (French: "equipped lance") was a medieval equivalent to the modern army squad that would have accompanied and supported a man-at-arms (a heavily armoured horseman popularly known as a "knight") in battle. These units formed companies under a captain either as mercenary bands or in the retinue of wealthy nobles and royalty ...
The use of foreign mercenaries was widespread in the medieval Mediterranean world and mercenary units were common in Muslim, Byzantine and Papal armies. Muslim armies, in particular, relied regularly on non-Muslim or recently Islamicized warriors such as Turks and sub-Saharan Africans. The existence of the farfanes is thus in no way exceptional.
Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages (3 C, 25 P) N. Norman mercenaries (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Medieval mercenaries"
Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. McFarland, 2013. ... Napoleon's Mercenaries: Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire, 1799 ...