 | George Edward Thibault - 1984 - 916 páginas
...Trecento, Proceeding* of the Britwh Academy, vol. XXXII, 1846, p. 21». own armed forces was not solved. Even the execution of Carmagnola by the Venetians...discipline, faithless, bold amongst friends, cowardly amongst enemies, they have no fear of God, and keep no faith with men." u The soldiers were the condottiere's... | |
 | Sir John Hackett - 1986 - 60 páginas
...control by the body politic over its own armed forces was not solved. Even the execution of Cannagnola by the Venetians did no more than emphasize the difficulty...discipline, faithless, bold amongst friends, cowardly amongst enemies, they have no fear of God, and keep no faith with men." s The soldiers were the condottiere's... | |
 | Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast - 1992 - 180 páginas
...for cash alone are . . . exceedingly rare." The attitude required is highly specialized and fragile: "The good fighting man who honestly believes himself to be a pure mercenary in arms . . . may have to guard his convictions as vigilantly as any atheist."8 Different professions require... | |
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All the cities found that troops recruited locally by a native condottiere were likely to be more reliable than foreign mercenaries under foreign captains. The problem of how to establish effective control by the body politic over its own armed forces... 