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 99
tactics of an army in the field as in the attack anddefence of fortresses. Louis XII. and Francis I., in their Italian cam- 5§ WAR AND ARMIES. paigns, in which they wasted so muoh of the resources and treasures ofFrance, had to contend with German and Spanish mercenaries, at that timethe best… … Fig. 50.—Italian Warriors of the Fifteenth Century.—From a Bas-relief on the Triumphal Archof Castel Nuovo, Naples, erected in 1470 by Ferdinand of Aragon, to celebrate his Victoriesover John of Calabria, Son of Rene dAnjou.^ their own countrymen. There was one drawback, however, to the…
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