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The Army of the Swabian League 1525 (Paperback)
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The Army of the Swabian League 1525 (Paperback)
Series: Retinue to Regiment
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The Swabian League was established as a defensive alliance of
princes, prelates, and Imperial cities to maintain the peace within
the territory of Southern Germany. In 1525 the League faced an
existential threat in the form of an attempt by the exiled Duke
Ulrich of Wurttemberg to retake his territory and a series of
localised peasant uprisings which united into a movement for
political reform. The League was forced to mobilise a mercenary
armyat a time of financial crisis and a shortage of Landsknechts,
many of whom were fighting in the Italian Wars. This book presents
a detailed inside account of the different components and internal
organisation of the League army. It focuses on two campaigns led by
its supreme commander, Georg Truchsess von Waldburg, to maintain
discipline during an intensive six-month campaign to thwart the
Duke of Wurttemberg and smash the peasant rebellion whilst
attempting to appease his political overlords within the League.
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