The English Mercenary Companies in Italy

‘The Italianized Englishman is a devil incarnate,’ said Italians of the Renaissance, remembering the blood-thirsty exploits of English mercenary soldiers.

E.R. Chamberlin | Published in History Today Volume 6 Issue 5 May 1956

Hawkwood
Sir John Hawkwood, detail from a fresco in the Duomo, Florence by Paolo Uccello.

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