11 events with tag "mercenary"
1013
ID: 5812
Thorkell defends London against Sweyn - Viking mercenary fights for England against Danish invasion
ID: 5812
1339
ID: 4785
Werner von Urslingen forms Great Company - German mercenaries in Italy, armor inscribed 'Enemy of God, Enemy of Pity'
ID: 4785
1354
ID: 4786
Fra Moriale executed in Rome - 'Montreal' led Great Company, captured by Cola di Rienzo, beheaded
ID: 4786
1361
ID: 4787
White Company formed - unemployed English soldiers after Treaty of Bretigny, Albert Sterz leads
ID: 4787
1362
ID: 4788
John Hawkwood arrives in Italy - joins White Company at Pisa, begins 30-year Italian career
ID: 4788
1364
ID: 4789
Hawkwood becomes captain of White Company - after Sterz's departure, transforms it into elite force
ID: 4789
1364
ID: 4790
Battle of Cascina - Hawkwood's White Company defeats Florentines, demonstrates English longbow tactics
ID: 4790
1365
ID: 4801
Hawkwood captures two Malatesta brothers - ransom of 60,000 florins, mercenary warfare as business
ID: 4801
1370
ID: 4799
Hawkwood revolutionizes warfare - introduces English tactics, year-round campaigning, intelligence networks
ID: 4799
1377
ID: 4791
Massacre of Cesena - Hawkwood reluctantly participates in Papal massacre, 3000-5000 civilians killed
ID: 4791
1380
ID: 4800
Condottieri system established - Italian wars fought by professional mercenary companies, not citizen militias
ID: 4800