Episode #65: Soldier of Fortune
Episode #65: Soldier of Fortune

The Unknown Soldiers Podcast by James Houser

Episode notes

In the year 1361, a ragged band of veteran mercenaries called the White Company marched across the Alps into Italy. One of their leaders was a middle-aged English knight named Sir John Hawkwood. He would the most infamous mercenary captain in Europe, the terror of Italy…and the harbinger of change, as the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.

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historymilitary historymedievalcommandmilitary leadershipitalymiddle agesrenaissancemercenarymercenariesitalianflorence