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John Hawkwood was fourteenth-century Italy's most notorious and successful soldier. A man known for cleverness and daring, he was the most feared mercenary in Renaissance Italy. Born in England, Hawkood began his career in France during the Hundred Years' War and crossed into Italy with the famed White Company in 1361. From that time until his death in 1394, Hawkwood fought throughout the peninsula as a captain of armies in times of war and as a commander of marauding bands during times of peace. He achieved international fame, and his acquaintances included such prominent people as Geoffrey…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015Johns Hopkins University Press · 480 pages · 9781421418414
- Other · English · 2006Johns Hopkins University Press · 459 pages · 9780801883231
- Other · English · 2006Johns Hopkins University Press · 9780801888809
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