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Medieval Mercenaries (Paperback)
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The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of
nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of
arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and
local militias were more often than not incapable of providing the
skilled and disciplined warriors necessary to keep the enemy at
bay. It was the mercenary who stepped in to fill the ranks. A
mercenary was a professional soldier who took employment with no
concern for the morals or cause of the paymaster. But within these
confines we discover a surprising array of men, from the
lowest-born foot soldier to the wealthiest aristocrat the
occasional clergyman, even. What united them all was a willingness,
and often the desire, to fight for their supper. In this benchmark
work, William Urban explores the vital importance of the mercenary
to the medieval power-broker, from the Byzantine Varangian Guard to
fifteenth-century soldiers of fortune in the Baltic. Through
contemporary chronicles and the most up-to-date scholarship, he
presents an in-depth portrait of the mercenary across the Middle
Ages.
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