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Free Companies: The Age of Mercenary Companies
Renaissance Italy was marked by both continuous warfare and economic growth. Against this backdrop arose the Condotta, the contract system of hiring mercenaries, which was arguably the most distinct characteristic of the period. Initially, soldiers hired themselves out to the highest bidder as “free lances,” the lance being the smallest unit of army organization at the time. This is the origin of the modern term “freelancer.” However, these soldiers soon formed entire mercenary companies led by elected leaders, such as John Hawkwood, who were seen as first among equals. The powerful and wealthy Italian cities, enriched by their monopoly on maritime trade with the East, could easily hire these companies, but they soon learned that doing so often brought more problems than they had bargained for. Known as Free Companies or Great Companies, these mercenary groups saw themselves as independent, self-governing adventurers always on the lookout for the most lucrative offer. A rich Italian city, they soon realized, was a worthwhile target to plunder. It was not long until they would become the bane of Italy. In this video, we investigate the phenomenon of Free Companies and how they were eventually replaced by the arguably more famous mercenary captains, the condottieri.
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Caferro, W., Articles, Warfare and Economy in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1450, In: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History vol. 39 (2008) p. 167-210.
Caferro, William P., Hawkwood: Florentine Hero and Faithful Englishman, in: The Hundred Years War. Different vistas p. 295-328.
Caferro, William P., "The fox and the lion": the White Company and the Hundred Years War in Italy, In: The Hundred Years War. A wider focus, 2005 p. 179-210.
Caferro, William P., Slaying the hydra-headed beast: Italy and the companies of adventure in the fourteenth century, In: Crusaders, condottieri and cannon, 2003, p. 285-304.
Fowler, K., Medieval Mercenaries, 2001.
Mallet, M., Mercenaries and their Master. Warfare in Renaissance Italy, 1974.
Mallet, M. s. v. Mercenaries in: Maurice Keen, Medieval Warfare. A history, 1999, pp. 209-229.
Savy, N. s. v. Great Company, in Clifford J. Rogers, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, 2010.
Knödler, J., s. v. Brabancons in Clifford J. Rogers, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, 2010.
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  • @XAVIERCUERVO
    @XAVIERCUERVO 8 годин тому

    im sure the first war was fought for pussy

  • @flaviobraido7593
    @flaviobraido7593 9 годин тому

    Conoscete la città di Palmanova e sapete quando fu costruita?

  • @obscurito267
    @obscurito267 17 годин тому

    Pas mal non? C’est français.

  • @MrNintoku
    @MrNintoku 21 годину тому

    Ottomans have a really bad habit of breaking agreements. Short term gain long term loss.

  • @user-tq8po9vp5e
    @user-tq8po9vp5e День тому

    Black people invented war

  • @christianfreedom-seeker934
    @christianfreedom-seeker934 День тому

    You are 100% wrong on Ragnar being fictional. Scandinavian sources say otherwise and ditto with English sources! Ragnar's sons attacked England with a huge pagan army to avenge their father's death at the hands of King Allaea. It's in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles. So the English and the Scandinavians would have had to been lying. Do us a favor. I know that you probably hate Scandinavia because they are white and were superior fighters but leave your absurd biases out of these videos that you claim are factual. I am VERY tempted to hit your video with a "misinformation" flag. Redo this video please. Acknowledge that Ragnar was a real figure that actually existed.

  • @christianfreedom-seeker934
    @christianfreedom-seeker934 День тому

    Please say the name of my many-greats grandfather correctly! It was Watt TYLER!! NOT TAYLOR!!!!

  • @jebise1126
    @jebise1126 День тому

    5:25 council at kurwa or of kurwa?

  • @theprancingprussian
    @theprancingprussian День тому

    Crazy idea for a bait and switch video game Presented as a swashbuckling adventure game or exploration / camping game Ends up as a horror game where you have to survive besieging a fort

  • @theprancingprussian
    @theprancingprussian День тому

    Question How readily could horses stop themselves before pikes? And how would a firmation buckle if a horse could not stop in time and got skewered

  • @Zajuts149
    @Zajuts149 День тому

    "Vauban," observed Stephen. "is like aniseed in a cake. A little is excellent, but how soon one sickens." - Post Captain Patrick O'Brian.

  • @KingWalter5419
    @KingWalter5419 День тому

    Anno Domini

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    @user-nm1fd2bb2y День тому

    psycologicall warfare and intimidation are gud adice. after all, its de reason greivous was so gud at killing jedi.

  • @user-nm1fd2bb2y
    @user-nm1fd2bb2y День тому

    the end was totally a missed oppertunity 4 subs

  • @esteban4oo872
    @esteban4oo872 День тому

    1:05 I apreciate that you say jinete in spanis (it just mean horseman) but it hurts how you say an ñ insted o an n. Even thougth, its cool that you are trying.

  • @thatsTylerDurden
    @thatsTylerDurden День тому

    So “Viking” is an action verb?

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  • @WoutBr
    @WoutBr День тому

    Fun fact: the Belgian national anthem is called "de Brabançonne" Brabançonne is also another name for the region (and modern provinces) Brabant in Belgium en Netherlands

  • @Uberdude6666
    @Uberdude6666 День тому

    10:26 So what was the poor soldiers' equipment made of? Stone? Its facinating how "China" after the period shown in this video, has been more or less the same state (I guess the Qin-empire was the first time the idea of a "unified China" came into existence?) Yes I know there were a few civil wars, warring states-periods and changes of dynasties. But its more like the same state that has gone through several iterations and built itself up gradually, rather than a series of different states and empires succeeding each other, like in other parts of the world. Its so consistent, like the same council of ministers kept China on the same course throughout several dynasties and emperors. Which I suppose is what happened, isn't it.. Got to wonder though, how much of this is actually true, and how much is fabricated history to give the later dynasties more legitimacy? Also its interesting how the chinese state managed to keep itself together all this time. Rather than being replaced by a rival power when it fell, it got back on its feet under new management every time. Was this because all the other independent states around China was really just copying chinese state-building? So the "legacy" of the empire was so valuble that it was better to proclaim yourself "the next chinese empire" rather than replace it with something new? Or was it more like a Persian situation, where you had the same bureaucracy-system and infrastructure, which was just taken over by various conquerors and emperors?

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 День тому

    Vauban once perfected a fortress in Belgium that was vainly besieged by the best Dutch engineers. After a peace the fortress was returned to the Spaniards. In the next war Vauban besieged it and took it in a few weeks.

  • @IIISentorIII
    @IIISentorIII День тому

    To many french words where butchered in this video. RIP Please get someone who doesn't talk like a robot with the same momononus rhythm. I love this video but my brain cant handle it!

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    @stanbatakarata6081 День тому

    Ones of most Dominant Heavy cavalery in World history.❤Brave Slavic Polska 🇵🇱 and Brave Polishs Slsvic Brothers .from 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

  • @NeferKirtash
    @NeferKirtash День тому

    Sure. Pike and shot tactics, used by Spaniards by the 15th century already, was not effective and Sweden "invented" pike and shot in the 17th century. Check out your sources against, but now, taking a look abroad. I recommend you to avoid nationalist historiography and realize that Spaniards, even if protestants don't like it, were a formidable war force, yet an economic disaster.

  • @justonethrowaway
    @justonethrowaway День тому

    just wanted to say thank you guys so much for making these truly incredible videos. you really do make my days better, and help me calm down when i can’t even get out of bed from my anxiety of the everyday. once im in a better place financially i will be making a donation, lord knows this channel has been invaluable to me

  • @iseeyou5061
    @iseeyou5061 День тому

    @SandRhomanHistory I must be missing something but how Jakob recruit more army when he wouldn't or couldn't pay the last one? Edit : 4:18 Is this the aftermath of battle of Tver? Because they didn't desert due to lack of pay but because of high casualties inflicted. Confimation?

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    @someone________2502 День тому

    What about the premium company?

  • @logictotalwar1201
    @logictotalwar1201 День тому

    War is Some Krazy SHIET! , (Alexander the Great)

  • @skiddedo
    @skiddedo 2 дні тому

    I just found out your channel was inspired by Imperial Scribe lol, you even got on the Q&A video

  • @zachariahmorris833
    @zachariahmorris833 2 дні тому

    Its nice that you are getting away from the silly fantasy accent.

  • @corsairsail
    @corsairsail 2 дні тому

    Why so many people crying lol. Seems like Ottomans treated u as you deserved 🤣

  • @elvenfellow8596
    @elvenfellow8596 2 дні тому

    By far my favorite historical UA-camr! Fantastic stuff again! Keep up the Early Modern stuff! (I think thid is still early moden?)

  • @LightFoLLowTHE
    @LightFoLLowTHE 2 дні тому

    They were just too ugly.

  • @yvonneplant9434
    @yvonneplant9434 2 дні тому

    Lll

  • @bot_scarecrow8674
    @bot_scarecrow8674 2 дні тому

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    @FrancisE.Dec.Esquire 2 дні тому

    Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America Kindle Edition by Chris Hedges (Author) Format: Kindle Edition The 10 Commandments -- the laws given to Moses by God -- are beyond the scope of human law. They are rules meant to hold us together but, when dishonored, they lead to discord and violence. In this fierce, articulate narrative, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, looks through the lens of each commandment to examine the moral ruin of American society. With urgency and passion, he challenges readers to take a hard look at the disconnect between their supposed values and the shallow, self-absorbed lives many people actually lead. Taking examples from his personal life and twenty years of reporting, Hedges explores one commandment at a time, each through a particular social group. With each story, he reveals the universal nature of personal suffering, discovery, and redemption -- and explores the laws that we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years.

  • @hugod2000
    @hugod2000 2 дні тому

    This is a really greatb channel

  • @Meteo_sauce
    @Meteo_sauce 2 дні тому

    th10 star base ahh defense

  • @Albukhshi
    @Albukhshi 2 дні тому

    @ 7:25 He probably realized he was a dumbass, and had to cope...

  • @SonicSanctuary
    @SonicSanctuary 2 дні тому

    Very good to study for a dnd campaign

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    @80xlulz 2 дні тому

    They did the usual PR stunt: renaming their brand

  • @ranapratapsingh3416
    @ranapratapsingh3416 2 дні тому

    Video is good but the Vedic Age started in India 10,000 BP. The great rivers Saraswathi , Sutudri, Yamuna and Ganga nurtured the Vedic tribes for thousands and thousands of years. Read Rig Veda carefully instead of perpetuating bogus Aryan Immigration Theory ( AIT ).

  • @Trueghh
    @Trueghh 2 дні тому

    For the confused scotts These were not scottish they were gael Scotland and scottish did not exiat yet it was del raida an irish kindom later called alba at its peak ran by irish the romans called them scotti a derogatory term that means pirate or raider These men spoke gaelic specifically old gaelic later middle gaelic, scotts gaelic came after they were all gone

    • @LilyKittyCatto
      @LilyKittyCatto День тому

      They were scottish

    • @Trueghh
      @Trueghh День тому

      @@LilyKittyCatto scottishqho did not speak Scott's gaelic and came from antrim? Ye celtic larpers are a joke Scottish aren't celts they never were celts Look up the dna percentage of gaels in Scotland its a minority less than 20 percent That's because gaels come from Ireland and colonised Scotland

    • @Trueghh
      @Trueghh День тому

      @@LilyKittyCatto Lookup galloglass music They literally sing about fighting for the home land eire Gallowglass is also a irish word they came from islands off the coasts of britian not even the mainland

    • @LilyKittyCatto
      @LilyKittyCatto День тому

      @@Trueghh they didnt colonise scotland the picts had been living there for a much longer time, the gaels from ireland who migrated there formed the kingdom of alba along with the picts. Also to say scotland or gaels arent celtic is hilarious and makes you seem uneducated on this topic. Gaels are celtic, but not all celtic people are gaels. Scotland is one of the 5 celtic nations. The irish called the gallowglass foreign gaels, they came from scotland to fight in ireland

    • @Trueghh
      @Trueghh День тому

      @@LilyKittyCatto OK Picts are colonised the language is gone and culture is gone that's colonisation why is Scott's gaelic the native language but not pictish brythonic? Because we colonised it Yes we called gaaloglass foreign gaels that's not the conversation tho is it? We are explaining what they called themselves and what they were

  • @user-rm5md2do6d
    @user-rm5md2do6d 2 дні тому

    Use the fuc**ng metric system!

  • @lilalmonds4595
    @lilalmonds4595 3 дні тому

    I haven’t looked at original sources but I have read and heard people reference records of amounts of arrows used in battles by the English (or at least brought too) from a general assertion that archers would bring 24 arrows and be given another 24 by their captain by certain UA-camr to numbers like the (I think) 120,000 or so brought to France by Henry V and I think a lot more used by brought to the battle of Neville’s cross from a nearby stockpile in like a church (which I think had a million or more arrows) again I haven’t checked original sources but they hold up too a google search, I think an often underestimated factor in the success of English longbowmen was the sheer volume of arrows used, and the industry that went into providing arrows for both soldiers and everyone who trained with bows

  • @AutodidactEngineer
    @AutodidactEngineer 3 дні тому

    Wenja vs Udam

  • @EpikBerm
    @EpikBerm 3 дні тому

    Yoo the graphics are UPGRADING this is so sweet

  • @ClassyName
    @ClassyName 3 дні тому

    I am neither Muslim nor Turkish, but I really doubt any empire would enslave their minorities to make them elite soldiers and their bodyguards. I feel it goes without saying that taking people away from their family in order to give them : a gun, elite-training, loyal squad-mates, and access to your leaders is a recipe for disaster.

    • @crimsonguy8696
      @crimsonguy8696 День тому

      It could and did go bad at times; ever hear the story of Arminius?

    • @ClassyName
      @ClassyName 22 години тому

      @@crimsonguy8696 I have not. What is it?

    • @crimsonguy8696
      @crimsonguy8696 20 годин тому

      @@ClassyName A captive taken from the Cherusi tribe of Germania by the Romans. See, it's actually pretty common for rival groups to take and be given hostages across many cultures and eras. The Romans did so, too, not just the Ottomans. Arminius was raised a hostage of Rome, but was in most regards a citizen. Like the Janissaries, he was raised a soldier, trained in Roman ways of warfare, and so on. However, when the opportunity came, he used all of that knowledge against them, leading to the slaughter of three Roman legions I believe, led by publius quintilius varus at the battle of teutoburg forest. A great disaster for Rome, and caused by the own hand in an obvious way, but it isn't uncommon for people to practice this, like I said. The huns, Persians, Chinese, goths, scythians, Ottomans, and many more practiced the taking and raising of hostages, though there were many times this led to the deaths of the hostages, many times they also grew to be more or less of similar status to natives of the lands they were taken hostage by

  • @maasbekooy901
    @maasbekooy901 3 дні тому

    I'll love if you could make (a video of) a list of movies with realistic battles

  • @thibaudduhamel2581
    @thibaudduhamel2581 3 дні тому

    Fun fact: Vauban's house stood more or less where Napoleon would put his cannons during the famous "whiff of grapeshot" incident. (For those interested: Rue Saint Roch in Paris. There's a Plaque to mark Vauban's house)