- The
Landsknechte (singular:
Landsknecht,
pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also
rendered as
Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were
German mercenaries used in pike...
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formation of 16th
century mercenaries,
largely pikemen,
probably serving as
Landsknechts. They
fought in the
French army for ten years,
seeing service in several...
-
known as the
primary weapon of
Spanish tercios,
Swiss mercenary,
German Landsknecht units and
French sans-culottes. A
similar weapon, the sarissa, had been...
- in more than five
hundred years since the
previous sack; in 1527, the
Landsknechts of
Emperor Charles V
sacked the city,
bringing an
abrupt end to the golden...
-
mercenaries were
increasingly supplanted by imitators,
chiefly the
Landsknechts.
Landsknechts were
Germans (at
first largely from Swabia) and
became proficient...
- best
medieval infantry force in Europe. With the
French were
German landsknechts,
bitter rivals of the
Swiss for fame and
renown in war, and
their late-arriving...
- Córdoba (El Gran Capitán)
comprising around 9,000 men,
including 2,000
Landsknecht pikemen, 1,000
arquebusiers and 20 cannons,
defeated the
French force...
-
Frundsberg (24
September 1473 – 20
August 1528) was a
German military and
Landsknecht leader in the
service of the Holy
Roman Empire and
Imperial House of...
- camp, took the
French guns,
pushed back the
Landsknecht infantry regiments, and destro**** the
Landsknecht squares.
Caught off guard, the
French heavy...
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professional soldiers during the 15th and 16th century, such as the
Landsknecht.
These names are subjective, and
there are no
known texts which clearly...
