Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 91
Joanthe Virgin, determined therefore to disband the gendarmery. From thepicked men of the body he formed the framework of fifteen new companiesof artillery, numbering nine thousand combatants, amongst whom wereincorporated all the regular cavalry of the kingdom. Each gendarme,thoroughly equipped,… … raised several paid bands, recruited by voluntary enlistment and commandedby responsible captains, who were paid by the war treasurers, according tothe number of men on the monthly muster-roll. This creation of mer- WAR AND ARMIES. 55 cenary troops diminished still further the importance of the…
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