Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages by John France

Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages

John France

428 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
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Why were mercenaries such a commonplace of war in the medieval and early modern periods and why have they traditionally been so poorly regarded? Who were mercenaries, and how were they distinguished from other soldiers? The contributors to this vo...

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