Ebook: Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large number of brief impressionistic vignettes portray their activities in Western Europe over a period of nearly 900 years.;Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction. An Overview of Medievaland Renaissance Warfare; I. Meeting the Warriors and the Tools of Their Trade; II. The Long-Haired kings; III. ""Human thoughts are inclined to greed; IV. ""They went about in bands of thousands; V. ""All the foreign knights, bowmen, their attendants and the mercenaries; VI. ""An escort of galloglas armed with battle-axes; VII. ""Drink thy blood, Beaumanoir; VIII. ""They were bold and warlike fellows; IX. A Skeleton in Armor; X. ""The Light of Italy; XI. ""Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous.