The merciless mercenaries of the Italian Renaissance - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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Date: 2023-07-20
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Antonio
What's important to specify, since it isn't very clear from the video, is that Condottieri weren't generic mercenaries, but the leaders of groups of mercenaries.
Only they were bound by the Condotta with their client and in turn, would pay their soldiers out of their huge salary which they would hire and release on the way to the battlefield.
The term itself Condottiero in Italian evolved into meaning Military leader because of this.
Napoleon can be called a Condottiero in Italian, the same as Alexander or Caesar.
The word Condotta itself derives from the verb Condurre which means to guide (people or animals, and today it is also used in the formal meaning of to drive (a vehicle) instead of the verb Guidare.
It's ridiculous how the Condottieri were a big influence in the decay of medieval Italy, by draining its economic resources in neverending squabbles. Partially because of them (and most importantly because of the discovery of the American continent, geographical Italy went from being the richest region on the planet at its time to being a spoil of war for the Lanzikeneks of Charles V and the Spanish empire.
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What's important to specify, since it isn't very clear from the video, is that Condottieri weren't generic mercenaries, but the leaders of groups of mercenaries.
Only they were bound by the Condotta with their client and in turn, would pay their soldiers out of their huge salary which they would hire and release on the way to the battlefield.
The term itself Condottiero in Italian evolved into meaning Military leader because of this.
Napoleon can be called a Condottiero in Italian, the same as Alexander or Caesar.
The word Condotta itself derives from the verb Condurre which means to guide (people or animals, and today it is also used in the formal meaning of to drive (a vehicle) instead of the verb Guidare.
It's ridiculous how the Condottieri were a big influence in the decay of medieval Italy, by draining its economic resources in neverending squabbles. Partially because of them (and most importantly because of the discovery of the American continent, geographical Italy went from being the richest region on the planet at its time to being a spoil of war for the Lanzikeneks of Charles V and the Spanish empire.
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Free
What's important to specify, since it isn't very clear from the video, is that Condottieri weren't generic mercenaries, but the leaders of groups of mercenaries.
Only they were bound by the Condotta with their client and in turn, would pay their soldiers out of their huge salary which they would hire and release on the way to the battlefield.
The term itself Condottiero in Italian evolved into meaning Military leader because of this.
Napoleon can be called a Condottiero in Italian, the same as Alexander or Caesar.
The word Condotta itself derives from the verb Condurre which means to guide (people or animals, and today it is also used in the formal meaning of to drive (a vehicle) instead of the verb Guidare.
It's ridiculous how the Condottieri were a big influence in the decay of medieval Italy, by draining its economic resources in neverending squabbles. Partially because of them (and most importantly because of the discovery of the American continent, geographical Italy went from being the richest region on the planet at its time to being a spoil of war for the Lanzikeneks of Charles V and the Spanish empire.
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What's important to specify, since it isn't very clear from the video, is that Condottieri weren't generic mercenaries, but the leaders of groups of mercenaries.
Only they were bound by the Condotta with their client and in turn, would pay their soldiers out of their huge salary which they would hire and release on the way to the battlefield.
The term itself Condottiero in Italian evolved into meaning Military leader because of this.
Napoleon can be called a Condottiero in Italian, the same as Alexander or Caesar.
The word Condotta itself derives from the verb Condurre which means to guide (people or animals, and today it is also used in the formal meaning of to drive (a vehicle) instead of the verb Guidare.
It's ridiculous how the Condottieri were a big influence in the decay of medieval Italy, by draining its economic resources in neverending squabbles. Partially because of them (and most importantly because of the discovery of the American continent, geographical Italy went from being the richest region on the planet at its time to being a spoil of war for the Lanzikeneks of Charles V and the Spanish empire.
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YUNG
War. has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and machines. War, and its consumption of life, has become a well-oiled machine. War has changed. ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nano-machines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control, information control, emotion control. battlefield control. Everything is monitored and kept under control. War - has changed. The age of deterrence has become the age of control. All in the name of averting catastrophe from Weapons of Mass Destruction. And he who controls the battlefield, controls history. War has changed. When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.
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War. has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and machines. War, and its consumption of life, has become a well-oiled machine. War has changed. ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nano-machines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control, information control, emotion control. battlefield control. Everything is monitored and kept under control. War - has changed. The age of deterrence has become the age of control. All in the name of averting catastrophe from Weapons of Mass Destruction. And he who controls the battlefield, controls history. War has changed. When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.
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oiaeyu
This is especially interesting when you realize outside of europe, the Eastern approach to war was not as totalizing. Eastern states sought stability and capture local economies, leaving them as they are rather than totally uprooting them.
This may be due to the chaos after the fall of the western Roman Empire where the absence of a centralized state present in Eastern civilizations did not rise again in Europe, leaving European powers in a perpetual state of conflict with similarly sized enemies with comparatively resource deficient economies. Their warlords becoming monarchs whose main source of revenue relied on war.
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This is especially interesting when you realize outside of europe, the Eastern approach to war was not as totalizing. Eastern states sought stability and capture local economies, leaving them as they are rather than totally uprooting them.
This may be due to the chaos after the fall of the western Roman Empire where the absence of a centralized state present in Eastern civilizations did not rise again in Europe, leaving European powers in a perpetual state of conflict with similarly sized enemies with comparatively resource deficient economies. Their warlords becoming monarchs whose main source of revenue relied on war.
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education
Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.
-Dwight Schrute (And Italian mercenaries, probably)
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Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.
-Dwight Schrute (And Italian mercenaries, probably)
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Micah
Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.
-Dwight Schrute (And Italian mercenaries, probably)
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Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.
-Dwight Schrute (And Italian mercenaries, probably)
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Juico,
You have to give it the Condottieris. They have never betrayed a client and have always fulfilled their end of the contract.
It's too bad their clients never actually read the full contract to know when the Condottieris' times are done.
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You have to give it the Condottieris. They have never betrayed a client and have always fulfilled their end of the contract.
It's too bad their clients never actually read the full contract to know when the Condottieris' times are done.
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Jesse
War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and it's consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine. -Hideo Kojima
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War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and it's consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine. -Hideo Kojima
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Free
War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and it's consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine. -Hideo Kojima
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War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and it's consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine. -Hideo Kojima
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Hist ria
Ted-Ed it'd be worthwhile to mention this are exclusively the perspective and opinion of Machiavelli, as all compiled research until this moment rebutts his description of lazy and reluctant fighters.
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Ted-Ed it'd be worthwhile to mention this are exclusively the perspective and opinion of Machiavelli, as all compiled research until this moment rebutts his description of lazy and reluctant fighters.
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[Soffy]
This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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Eddie
This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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Free
This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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This period was some of the inspiration for Joe Abercrombie's First Law universe. Especially the stories set in Styria, and the characters Nicomo Cosca and Monza Murcatto.
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Luke
We have two types of contracts: our short term contract is that you won t get backstabbed, our long term contract is that you won t get backstabbed tomorrow
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We have two types of contracts: our short term contract is that you won t get backstabbed, our long term contract is that you won t get backstabbed tomorrow
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sophia
The mercernaries are fascinating to learn more in detail. Personally, I haven't got much knowledge about them and where they may have originated from.
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The mercernaries are fascinating to learn more in detail. Personally, I haven't got much knowledge about them and where they may have originated from.
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Luciano
Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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TАP
Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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LIVE
Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens! Julius Caesar
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snapeseveres
So this is the inspiration behind Sellsword armies depicted in A Song of Ice and Fire! Thank you for the wonderful lesson.
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So this is the inspiration behind Sellsword armies depicted in A Song of Ice and Fire! Thank you for the wonderful lesson.
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Matthew
Prigozhin and his criminal group is the perfect example that having mercenaries is NEVER a good idea in the long run.
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Prigozhin and his criminal group is the perfect example that having mercenaries is NEVER a good idea in the long run.
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