Free Companies: The Age of Mercenary Companies

  Переглядів 123,038

SandRhoman History

SandRhoman History

18 днів тому

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.
Patreon (thank you): / sandrhomanhistory
Paypal (thank you: www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandR...
Twitter: / sandrhoman
"The White Company" by Arthur Conan Doyle: amzn.to/445P89t
"Mercenaries and Their Masters" by Michael Mallett amzn.to/3vR5XZ1
"The Great Companies" by Kenneth Fowler: amzn.to/3JhbZFl
Some must read mlitary history books:
Ambrose, S. E., Band of Brothers: E Company, 2001. amzn.to/438ltvZ
Baime, A. J., The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman, 2017. amzn.to/3TcDGUj
Beard, M., Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, 2023. amzn.to/49L2olR
Bevoor, A., Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943, 1999. amzn.to/4a4rqwe
Beevor, A., The Second World War, 2013. amzn.to/3wNFITu
Brennan, P+D., Gettysburg in Color, 2022. amzn.to/48LGldG
Clausewitz, C., On War, 2010. amzn.to/3Vblf5
Kaushik, R., A Global History of Pre-Modern Warfare: 10,000 BCE-1500 CE, 2021. amzn.to/49Mtqt7
McPherson, J., Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era, 2021. amzn.to/3TseYAW
Tsu, S., The Art of War, 2007, amzn.to/3TuknHA
Sledge. E. B., With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, 2008. amzn.to/439olIK
Pomerantsev, P., How to Win an Information War, 2024. amzn.to/3Ts0YqQ
Bibliography:
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.
#history #documentary #education

КОМЕНТАРІ: 317
@SandRhomanHistory
@SandRhomanHistory 16 днів тому
The Novel "The White Company" by Arthur Conan Doyle: amzn.to/445P89t The best overview of the topic: "Mercenaries and Their Masters" by Michael Mallett: amzn.to/3vR5XZ1 A good start if you want to investigate the topic more in depth: "The Great Companies" by Kenneth Fowler: amzn.to/3JhbZFl If you want to check out our patreon page, click here: www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory
@Ace-cr9qt
@Ace-cr9qt 16 днів тому
I love your videos. Can you do a video on the Varangian guard?
@Cahirable
@Cahirable 16 днів тому
The second volume of Sumption's series on the Hundred Years' War also has some great bits of information about the routiers before and after they formed into the Great Companies, including a couple of sketches of the ordinary routier, drawn from legal cases prior to their execution.
@diegotapia2830
@diegotapia2830 15 днів тому
dude in 2012 i did my university thesis about the same theme, "how the XV century italian states regulated their mercenaries" or something like that; and, well we pretty much used the same sources, hell, i was able to get an scan of an actual condotta from the library of milan. also if you can check this book "Renaissance Characters" by eugenio garin, in that book michael mallet wrote a great essay about the topic.
@planescaped
@planescaped 16 днів тому
Hiring an army to protect you only for them to realize you're completely defenseless without them, and them basically taking over, is such a pro gamer move.
@genericpersonx333
@genericpersonx333 16 днів тому
Basically What happened to Rome's Republic. They replaced the legions of citizens who paid for themselves with state-financed armies whose generals slowly came to realize they could own the State with judicious use of those armies through their voting and fighting power.
@flarvin8945
@flarvin8945 15 днів тому
@@genericpersonx333i believe those armies weren't state-financed, but mostly financed by the generals themselves. Which is why the legions were loyal to their general over Rome.
@flazzorb
@flazzorb 15 днів тому
​@@flarvin8945_Sorta,_ to my understanding legions were afforded by taxes, however these taxes were paid to the general who was charged with maintaining the legion.
@xo-1320
@xo-1320 15 днів тому
Funny enough this also happened to the Muslim World. Turns out having Slave Armies is a terrible idea when the slaves realize "wait a minute we are the fucking army".
@flarvin8945
@flarvin8945 15 днів тому
@@flazzorb yes, for the most part soldiers received a base pay from taxes, throughout Rome's republic. But it was usually barely enough to cover expenses. So Roman generals would promise bonuses to secure loyal. The bonuses could be from the generals' personal wealth or from the state, like land. Either way, it was the general that was responsible for securing these bonuses, not the state. And the general who the troops were loyal to. The legions became just another way for the elites of Rome's republic to obtain power, through personal wealth and influence.
@robertusaugustus2003
@robertusaugustus2003 16 днів тому
The age of the condottieri is criminally underused in fiction, imagine a band of brothers style miniseries following these multinational companies in the late-14th/early-15th century
@Cahirable
@Cahirable 16 днів тому
Hard to pitch a series about guys as cruel and awful as the condottieri, unless they're Italians fighting the English/Germans/French, and then you lose the non-Italian audiences. Seriously, you have no idea how fucked they were. Even the Italians, used to pretty nasty warfare, were horrified by the actions of the Great Companies who came over the Alps in the 1360s.
@stephensedlon8414
@stephensedlon8414 16 днів тому
I'd definitely watch it!
@robbypodobinski824
@robbypodobinski824 9 днів тому
100000% ​@@Cahirable
@RickJaeger
@RickJaeger 8 днів тому
If they can make movies about pirates, they can make them about condottieri. It will probably involve a lot of typical Hollywood changes, though. Still, people will watch cruel and awful people doing cruel and awful things on TV, as long as you can pitch it as "salacious" or "gritty."
@reichtanglevictor1694
@reichtanglevictor1694 16 днів тому
Best company, even with the -5% army professionalism
@GAarcher
@GAarcher 16 днів тому
*the great Basileus Ludius Guideos has been know for his extensive employement of such tatics and precise resource allocation, such as the founding of the Commandeos Codex and the thesis of Combateo Widthus*
@SeverusFelix
@SeverusFelix 16 днів тому
For some reason a whole bunch of Free Companies got hired in 1444
@Mold-E
@Mold-E 15 днів тому
It has been historically documented that it was due to preparations of 'The great Decing' on the 12 of December of the same year. Which many nations across Europe declared various wars against neighbouring countries.
@LarsOfTheMohicans
@LarsOfTheMohicans 16 днів тому
The Golden Age Arc, explained via history.
@memesforcomrade7666
@memesforcomrade7666 16 днів тому
as an EU4 player I owe many successful campaigns to the free company
@GAarcher
@GAarcher 16 днів тому
*You did not mention but the great Basileus Ludius Guideos has been know for his extensive employement of such tatics and precise resource allocation, such as the founding of the Commandeos Codex and the thesis of Combateo Widthus*
@lordInquisitor
@lordInquisitor 16 днів тому
The art has gotten particularly GORGEOUS
@michaelmcnally9737
@michaelmcnally9737 16 днів тому
- These cool dudes need their own videos - aww man - and that's why we're going to make them - HELL YEAH!
@2serveand2protect
@2serveand2protect 16 днів тому
Strange phenomenon that some of these "condottieri" who were (in general) often despised, thought as "foreign barbarians" and feared in Italy, at the end became sentimentally attached to the very same city-states they were fighting sometimes against and sometimes for. John Hawkwood for instance wasn't always a soldier - he was also Richard the 2nd's official envoy to the Papal Court. By serving the Italian cities he became a multi-millionaire - Hawkwood however went further. He had a big political influence in the Italian Peninsula, would arbitrate many treaties, and was given many riches, lands and titles - especially from the State of Florence. He was entombed in Santa Maria del Fiore (the biggest & most famous florentine church). There's still a very famous "fresco" depicting him in the very same Church, although his body was sent back to England upon the request of Richard the IInd. What's WEIRD is that him and men like him DEVASTATED the whole countryside and were famous for their ruthlessnes and cruelty - and yet ! - they were welcomed and even revered.
@Barwasser
@Barwasser 14 днів тому
Ah yes... the Free Companies. 4000 men strong and hired by almost every nation on 11th of November 1444 and thrown into combat after only one month until they ran out of manpower.
@WanderingCoyoteXVII
@WanderingCoyoteXVII 14 днів тому
Used primarily to manage sieges so the state doesnt waste its own precious manpower.
@nathanirick7806
@nathanirick7806 14 днів тому
I want to see you, and the horse you rode in on, again!
@AHappyCub
@AHappyCub 13 днів тому
or higher than 4000 men depending on the size of the state
@mastrey
@mastrey 10 днів тому
This is a Euiv reference
@cemilkerimli5530
@cemilkerimli5530 16 днів тому
Okay then, we learned about free company. But how about grand company and independent army? How much development we need to get them?
@user-gt2yf5tr8j
@user-gt2yf5tr8j 16 днів тому
Did you not see the video. He covers that in the second half
@kekwsrequiem2517
@kekwsrequiem2517 16 днів тому
​@@user-gt2yf5tr8jhes talking about eu4 mechanics my guy
@winzyl9546
@winzyl9546 16 днів тому
Watch the full vid
@Avent00
@Avent00 16 днів тому
But what about Free city Company?
@uelibinde
@uelibinde 16 днів тому
what abou real companies?
@darkmasterchief227
@darkmasterchief227 8 днів тому
I love learning about mercenaries, especially these medieval to late/post Renaissance bands of warriors of fortune.
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 10 днів тому
The "Great Companies" reminds me of the second Norse Siege of Paris. Unlike the previous attack many decades before, these men had no leader and the mob formed around a small company of Norse intending on a quick punitive raid on Paris. The mayor of Paris came out to negotiate and asked "Who is your King." The reply was "We are all Kings." Same behavior, different era.
@RIlianP
@RIlianP 8 днів тому
Some of the later mercenary corps like the Black Army of Hungary show how mercenary work evolved in the early modern period, from "free companies" to "great companies" to "state sponsored mercenary companies" as more and more rulers preferred to hire mercenaries initially as a supplement and later entirely incorporate them as a state armies. It was one of the greatest, if not the greatest mercenary force to ever existed, and one of the largest, as it grew to around 28 000 people. The early modern period, is not the most famous periods in history, however it was the golden age of the mercenaries, even more so than the late medieval and the period, the Swiss mercenaries, Landsknechts, Stratioti, Gallowglass, and others flourished during that period, especially during the Thirty Year war. Other notable mercenary leaders, besides the aforementioned were Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen aka Götz of the Iron Hand, Peter Hagendorf, Georg von Frundsberg, Giuseppe Garibaldi and many more, hell even René Descartes served as mercenary at one point.
@onri_
@onri_ День тому
I would Imagine Hannibal barca mercenary army had one of the Preeminent mercenary armies.
@Denasgurman
@Denasgurman 14 днів тому
Routier in french, means Roadman, it comes from Route = Road We still use those words today, a "routier" is a truck driver nowaday.
@kmystak
@kmystak 16 днів тому
Your art is getting better and better! Excellent!
@SandRhomanHistory
@SandRhomanHistory 15 днів тому
Thank you! Cheers!
@krimzonkamikaze8524
@krimzonkamikaze8524 13 днів тому
​@@SandRhomanHistory you draw all this?
@Goblinsharkhundredsofthem
@Goblinsharkhundredsofthem 15 днів тому
Did y'all commission some new art? Looks rad.
@WoutBr
@WoutBr 4 дні 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
@c.andrew3944
@c.andrew3944 14 днів тому
Smoothbrains discuss tactics. Bigbrains discuss logistics. I appreciate your attention to describing the pages and 'backup horses' in cavalry, especially!
@christianweibrecht6555
@christianweibrecht6555 16 днів тому
mercenaries, a great way to ensure rich people have total power
@jobe5514
@jobe5514 7 днів тому
Tsardoms: Total War mod for Medieval 2 Total War. Download it, install it, play one of the Italian City-States and enjoy.
@maguimnobbao1433
@maguimnobbao1433 7 днів тому
Florença um dos melhores rolê plays com a família Médice
@akedus44
@akedus44 16 днів тому
By god, I was doing research on Mercenary Free Companies for a project I was working on an hour ago and then this video drops. Get out of my mind, Rhoman.
@piggypoo
@piggypoo 16 днів тому
Band of the Hawk
@mueezadam8438
@mueezadam8438 15 днів тому
I love your animated characters, it’s what caught my eye initially to your siege series
@Jawshuah
@Jawshuah 7 днів тому
free company = the backbone of my EU4 campaigns.
@TimotheBougon
@TimotheBougon 16 днів тому
Great video, thank you kindly! Looking forward to the next installments of the serie :D
@yegorkhorushko479
@yegorkhorushko479 14 днів тому
Yeeeess, more videos on proto-Rennaissance and Renaissance, please! ❤ I'll be waiting for stories about great companies and condottieros, too. Thank you very much 😊
@Sharnoy1
@Sharnoy1 16 днів тому
Notably this video is NOT sponsored by Manor Lords.
@Cataphract1236
@Cataphract1236 16 днів тому
Wow, i'm loving the new art.
@dembro27
@dembro27 16 днів тому
Free company: *not free, you gotta pay* 😡
@CollegeHistorian
@CollegeHistorian 7 днів тому
The story telling, the animations in this channel are amazing. A true inspiration to small history youtubers like myself
@TRLHistory
@TRLHistory 16 днів тому
Not as famous as the English or Germans, but people from the Balkans also served frequently in the Italian mercenary companies. After Louis the Great briefly conquered Naples in the 1340s, Hungarian mercenaries were to serve in Italy in the next century. Folk hero Toldi Miklos and the famous general John Hunyadi were two most well known figures who spent at least a few years campaigning in Italy.
@r.anthony8685
@r.anthony8685 15 днів тому
Also the stradioti (Albanians, Greeks)
@lonewanderer4207
@lonewanderer4207 15 днів тому
Shout out to Battle Brothers and Wartales
@townazier
@townazier 16 днів тому
Looking forward to the three companies' videos!
@clintmoor422
@clintmoor422 15 днів тому
really cool video. It's refreshing to see you cover topics that have not been done to death! maybe think about covering things about the 18th and 19th centuries too?
@80xlulz
@80xlulz 6 днів тому
They did the usual PR stunt: renaming their brand
@IsaacRaiCastillo
@IsaacRaiCastillo 10 днів тому
Free Companies, spreading the "goodness" (sarcasm) of the Hundred Years' War throughout Europe, as if it were a religion (the best example of mercenarianism in the Middle Ages, for me). XD It was an excellent topic, and it makes for more videos (as you mentioned when listing the best-known examples of Free Companies); but for me, in the case of the Catalans, what really deserves more attention is not so much the Company of Robert de Flor, but the history of the unity that made up the majority of his company and that was fundamental for the Kingdom of Aragon expanded into the Mediterranean (even conquering the city of Athens, as you mentioned), I am referring to the Almogávares. Their history is very interesting and the campaigns they carried out in the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Southern Italy were also impressive; They were able to defeat cavalry only using javelins, short swords and crossbows, and their war cry was "Desperta Ferro!" (Awaken iron) while they caused sparks by striking flints with their weapons. His most famous battle was the one that ended in the conquest of the Duchy of Athens, the Battle of the Cephisus River on March 16, 1311, and his passage through Greece is known to this day as "The Catalan Fury."
@guycalabrese4040
@guycalabrese4040 16 днів тому
Yes!!! You made my sunday!!!
@MBP1918
@MBP1918 16 днів тому
The Condotterei were rather distinguished as one of the most interesting mercenary groups in the Renaissance
@PurpleWarlock
@PurpleWarlock 14 днів тому
Yay! Merc talk!
@petrapetrakoliou8979
@petrapetrakoliou8979 15 днів тому
No. Route means road in French and in Latin. Even today. Hence "Routiers", those who stand on the road.
@thibs2837
@thibs2837 13 днів тому
Absolutely, btw in France we still call "routiers" the truckers who work daily on the route (road)
@huantruonginh2946
@huantruonginh2946 16 днів тому
I smell Manor Lords…
@Fawnkay
@Fawnkay 16 днів тому
The illuatrative art is gorgeous in this episode. Congratulations! Thank you very much for your work.
@memofromessex
@memofromessex 16 днів тому
That was perhaps your best video yet. You were clear amd I learnt more than I thought I would
@lolliedeman
@lolliedeman 15 днів тому
I really enjoyed this videa! Quite uniwue material you got here, instead of hearing and seeing the same things over and over again. Great Job!~looking forward to the next video's about the indiividual companies!
@SandRhomanHistory
@SandRhomanHistory 15 днів тому
Awesome, thank you!
@crazyviking24
@crazyviking24 16 днів тому
Free Companies seldom come cheap.
@Arcadius-ss3zp
@Arcadius-ss3zp 16 днів тому
Love your work. Keep going. Just curious, what will the next video's topic be about?
@vertigq5126
@vertigq5126 12 днів тому
This was great, I never knew Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about the mercenaries! Thanks for discussing the size and infantry-cavalry tactics, too. Awesome video
@christopheryoung2874
@christopheryoung2874 8 днів тому
Great video!
@davewilisner
@davewilisner 9 днів тому
Hammervideo!!! Wie immer...mach wiiter so👍🏻
@pendantblade6361
@pendantblade6361 16 днів тому
I too play Battle Brothers.
@ArkhonXIX
@ArkhonXIX 16 днів тому
What a great game and a sleeper for most
@AndreaFasani
@AndreaFasani 16 днів тому
I don't know if there's an english version of "Knights, mercenaries and cannons" by Marco Scardigli, but if you like to know more about most of the wars and military changes in Italy from 1300 to 1527 it's a great book!
@wiktorberski9272
@wiktorberski9272 7 днів тому
Really well presented story from the past
@medievalist8441
@medievalist8441 15 днів тому
I hope you make a series on those mercenary companies cause they sure do have complex histories
@The88Cheat
@The88Cheat 16 днів тому
I can’t wait for the videos of the different great companies!!!
@JohnDoe-ug3su
@JohnDoe-ug3su 2 дні тому
Thank you. I have been asking this theme to many historical channels
@iseeyou5061
@iseeyou5061 16 днів тому
2:00 The crossbow guy move his head! I see the animation is getting updated.
@vinz4066
@vinz4066 16 днів тому
I was just watching your medival Videos and all of a sudden there is a new one. Nice.
@someoneunknown9947
@someoneunknown9947 16 днів тому
I really admire your content.
@dubbyx8490
@dubbyx8490 16 днів тому
Hurrah for Mercenaries!
@WissHH-
@WissHH- 16 днів тому
Less than 1 min uploaded and aready made my day.
@bigsarge2085
@bigsarge2085 15 днів тому
Fascinating!
@TantheTaxman
@TantheTaxman 16 днів тому
great video!
@mitch7235
@mitch7235 16 днів тому
I really like the new art style you’re using for this video!😁❤️!
@SandRhomanHistory
@SandRhomanHistory 15 днів тому
I'm glad you like it!
@mancroft
@mancroft 16 днів тому
Excellent. Thank you. Lovely artwork.
@SandRhomanHistory
@SandRhomanHistory 15 днів тому
Thank you! Cheers!
@welcometonebalia
@welcometonebalia 16 днів тому
Thank you.
@silentone11111111
@silentone11111111 15 днів тому
Interesting vid 😀
@sebastienhardinger4149
@sebastienhardinger4149 14 днів тому
Awesome video
@not-a-theist8251
@not-a-theist8251 16 днів тому
Interesting topic!
@openclassusa3534
@openclassusa3534 16 днів тому
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!
@Mrkabrat
@Mrkabrat 9 днів тому
I do hope the Navarrese Company gets its own video, however small it may be
@sagashistoriquesafricaines140
@sagashistoriquesafricaines140 9 днів тому
You quoted Nicolas Savy. I love his work :)
@owenbunny4023
@owenbunny4023 6 днів тому
Battle brothers
@philjohnson1744
@philjohnson1744 14 днів тому
Fantastic
@humanitysdownfall3225
@humanitysdownfall3225 7 годин тому
Just discovers this channel and omg the content looks promising! I’m a huge history nerd/fan for anything before the 1800s so these videos will definitely be watched multiple times over. Amazing artwork and storytelling 10/10 :)
@justonethrowaway
@justonethrowaway 5 днів 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
@user-wd2ds6vb7b
@user-wd2ds6vb7b 16 днів тому
Thanks⚔️👍
@aB-of1nz
@aB-of1nz 15 днів тому
Glory to the Great Catalan company , only comparable to the 10.000 Anabasis
@54032Zepol
@54032Zepol 3 дні тому
More content!
@oversipelio983
@oversipelio983 8 днів тому
great!
@Walgriff
@Walgriff 2 дні тому
Yes
@EpikBerm
@EpikBerm 6 днів тому
Yoo the graphics are UPGRADING this is so sweet
@robbypodobinski824
@robbypodobinski824 9 днів тому
God what a time to b alive
@GBERTS
@GBERTS 14 днів тому
awesome
@sarahsidney1988
@sarahsidney1988 16 днів тому
Cool video
@nicholasmaximus3412
@nicholasmaximus3412 12 днів тому
Henry's come to visit
@megalonoobiacinc4863
@megalonoobiacinc4863 16 днів тому
11:12 Hawkwood!! Btw the intro music reminds me of Xenosaga, Abel's Ark :d
@noone4700
@noone4700 16 днів тому
I love the story of the White Company, keeping the legend of traveling Germanic warriors alive well into the 14-15th century
@staraskolamedvea9173
@staraskolamedvea9173 13 днів тому
what was a pay per lance? how much money was needed to hire 100 mercenaries?
@houtenhekje8375
@houtenhekje8375 13 днів тому
I think this depends on alot of factor but i'd guess anywhere from 0.5 shilling to 2 shillings could be "average"
@mydogbullwinkle
@mydogbullwinkle 13 днів тому
​@houtenhekje8375 😂 yea, but it better be a short battle.
@christianmorris5292
@christianmorris5292 11 днів тому
Lmao, are you looking to hire?
@Fatherofheroesandheroines
@Fatherofheroesandheroines 15 днів тому
Mercenaries have been around for centuries. However the Free Companies were far and away different.
@MM22966
@MM22966 16 днів тому
Another factor probably at work toward the gradual regularization of the whole business is that when soldiers get older, they start looking for a place to retire and settle down. Whether that is a gift a land and a regular commission from a kingdom or city-state, or the coupe of an employer and the enthroning of a mercenary captain (i.e. the Sfrorza dukes of Milan). A modern example is "Mad Mike" Hoare and Bob Denard of the African brushfire wars. Both attempted or succeed in taking over small countries in their later years.
@GAarcher
@GAarcher 16 днів тому
*You did not mention but the great Basileus Ludius Guideos has been know for his extensive employement of such tatics and precise resource allocation, such as the founding of the Commandeos Codex and the thesis of Combateo Widthus*
@benm5913
@benm5913 16 днів тому
Commenting for algorithm because you deserve it.
@nealmaxwell790
@nealmaxwell790 11 днів тому
Would love to learn about Scottish mercenaries
@wenbornwilliam
@wenbornwilliam 16 днів тому
Would be amazing to see a video on the siege of leiden :)
@roelantverhoeven371
@roelantverhoeven371 13 днів тому
brabanconnes reffered to the duchy of Brabant in modern day belgium and netherlands (capital brussels, largest city antwerp in the middle ages)
@JorjiCostava-
@JorjiCostava- 12 днів тому
Is this video Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
@apudieboer3654
@apudieboer3654 10 днів тому
Yeah this is actually the game
@Pwnicus187
@Pwnicus187 7 днів тому
​@@apudieboer3654I love the new art style 😅
@krzysztofzmij9340
@krzysztofzmij9340 16 днів тому
I know it's not necessarily in the context of this video, but what program are you using in your siege maps?
@pglanville
@pglanville 14 днів тому
This reminds me of events in Game of Thrones.
The Two Real Viking Sieges of Paris 845 and 885
24:54
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 157 тис.
Это было легко! Оживили и Отдаем BMW владельцу!
1:40:26
ИЛЬДАР АВТО-ПОДБОР
Переглядів 3,5 млн
[실시간] 전철에서 찍힌 기생생물 감염 장면 | 기생수: 더 그레이
00:15
Netflix Korea 넷플릭스 코리아
Переглядів 38 млн
Black Army of Hungary | Most Sought-After Mercenaries in Europe
16:16
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 872 тис.
Is medieval BLACK ARMOUR better?
20:13
scholagladiatoria
Переглядів 117 тис.
The Galloglass: Ireland's Most Sought-After Mercenaries
14:55
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 234 тис.
Ottoman Conquest of Thessalonica and Albania - Medieval History
22:08
Kings and Generals
Переглядів 93 тис.
Real Medieval Fire Arrows! (Sorry Hollywood)
29:27
Tod's Workshop
Переглядів 271 тис.
How Greeks REALLY fought - Modeling Greek Combat
17:29
Historia Militum
Переглядів 63 тис.
China's Long Road To Empire 10,000 BC-221 BC
23:20
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 158 тис.
Historical Champion Warfare (and Why it Was Common)
18:09
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 161 тис.
How to Lay Siege to a Fortress in the High Middle Ages (1000-1300)
40:37
SandRhoman History
Переглядів 1,8 млн