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Il 19 gennaio 1459, Roberto Sanseverino tornò a Milano dopo un viaggio in Terra Santa.
La cronaca "Viaggio in Terrasanta fatto e descritto per Roberto da Sanseverino" racconta il ritorno epico.
Nel libro "Roberto Sanseverino. Condottiero del Rinascimento italiano tra arte militare e politica", il capitolo "Il pellegrinaggio in Terra Santa" svela i dettagli di questo affascinante viaggio.
https://www.robertosanseverinocondottiero.com/2024/01/il-ritorno-del-sanseverino-dal-viaggio.html
1387 03 11 Castagnaro, Hawkwood turns the tide - Graham Turner
As the bulk of his contingent hits the flank of the Veronese left, Sir John Hawkwood leads a small mounted unit against the Delia Scala banners. Here we see Sir John pulling from the saddle the Veronese standard-bearer Francesco Visconti. Even if contemporary sources do not mention Hawkwood specifically as the one grappling Visconti, this is entirely possible: although in his mid-60s, Sir John was still a vigorous and active fighter, who led by example. Here he is shown wearing a full set of expensive cutting-edge Milanese armour, as befitted a condottiere of his calibre. In a desperate attempt to remain in the saddle, Visconti, wearing a crested great helm for immediate recognition, is about to drop the Delia Scala great banner, the fall of which will trigger chaos among the Veronese. Coming up in Hawkwood's support is John Coe , one of Sir John's captains. He wears a very good suit of armour, even if his command of 20 lances does not allow him to afford the very latest model. In contrast, Hawkwood's standard-bearer is sporting a state-of-the-art breastplate, Sir John evidently keen that his own banner not hit the ground. The English man-at-arms assisting Hawkwood is evidently a newcomer to Italy, his armour, as shown by the great-helm and the style of the cuisses, definitely foreign and old-fashioned by Italian standards. Should he reap enough booty on the field, this inghilese can hope to spruce himself up by the start of the next campaign. Completely surprised by Hawkwood's attack, the Veronese Ottaviano della Branca, makes a belated attempt to face the assailants - having lost the Della Scala banner at the battle of the Brentelle, the unfortunate Ottaviano is about to repeat this humiliating experience.
“Non mi snudare senza ragione, Non mi impugnare senza valore.“
Giovanni delle Bande Nere
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Castle Sarzanello
Summer cottage of condottiero Castruccio Castracani.
How would one become a run of the mill mercenary or sellsword? They seem to be utterly common place and some seemed quite poor yet soldiers normally supplied their own equipment so presumably some starting capital is required. Would one just wait around until a company chanced by? Go find some Lord and ask to fight for him? It just seems like a very niche career choice with unique entry requirements unless you are already a warrior with training and arms who decides to go your own way.
Great question!
So I’ve been doing a bunch of research on this for unrelated Renaissance Fantasy novel purposes, and there’s two important things to note about mercenary companies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance:
It really helps that these companies were usually starting out in a context where ~1-5% of population belonged to a warrior caste (the nobility).
While it’s true that mercenaries supplied their own equipment as a group, that was not always the case on an individual level.
For example, a lot of the condottieri of Renaissance Italy got their start as ex-local nobility who had been on the losing side of disputes with the urban bourgeoisie for some time. As they slowly lost political power, the ability to extract feudal taxation, etc. to the city-states, these noble families turned to mercenary work to keep income coming in.
But rather than your traditional feudal army structure, these ex-nobles would act more like sub-contractors for the mercenary company HQs: they would go around recruiting their former vassals and their tenant farmers (or younger sons of same) to work for wages, and often they would provide the starting capital in the form of equipment and supplies. In exchange, the sub-contractor would get bonus pay (over what a skilled man-at-arms would normally earn) and extra shares of loot based on how many men they could deliver.
So you didn’t necessarily need to be a warrior with training and arms to become a mercenary - being born in the right village outside Milan or Florence could do the trick.
Luis Trenker attore protagonista e regista del film Condottieri (1937), storia di Giovanni dalle Bande Nere.