- The
Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht,
pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also
rendered as
Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were
German mercenaries used in pike...
- of the Late
Middle Ages and
became the
hallmark weapon of the
German Landsknechte from the time of
Maximilian I (d. 1519) and
during the
Italian Wars of...
- when two
opposing columns of
pikemen (often
Swiss Reisläufer or
German Landsknechte) met and
became locked in
position along a
front of
interleaved pikes...
- "double-pay men", from
German doppel-
meaning double, Sold
meaning pay) were
Landsknechte in 16th-century
Germany who
volunteered to
fight in the
front line, taking...
-
referred to as "Vater der
Landsknechte" (Father of the
Landsknechte) and
legends about him as the
patriarchal figure of the
Landsknechte or his
incredible physical...
- [citation needed] Hodnet,
Andrew Arthur (2018). The
Othering of the
Landsknechte (PDF) (MA thesis).
North Carolina State University. Richards, John (2002)...
- basket-hilted
claymore of the 18th century) the Bidenhänder
sword favored by the
Landsknechte of 16th-century
Germany The term "hand-and-a-half sword" is
modern (late...
-
Landsknechte,
etching by
Daniel Hopfer, c. 1530...
- some 6,000
Spaniards under Duke Charles, the army
included some 14,000
Landsknechte under Georg von Frundsberg; some
Italian condottieri infantry led by...
- III, Duke of Bourbon. The
Habsburg infantry consisted of 12,000
German Landsknechte, 5,000 Spaniards, and 3,000 Italians, and its
command was
exercised by...
