A State of Permanent Conflict
Guelphs and Ghibellines: Faction Rivalries in Medieval Italy ITALIAN: Uno Stato di Conflittualità Permanente Burckhardt writes in The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy: "During the Middle...
The Opinion of the Humanists
The Duality of the Condottieri: Warriors and Patrons. Anna Maria Covini writes, "For humanists, the military commander was an ideal subject to repeat genres and...
The Condottieri System: The Role of Geography and Social Class in the Lives of Italian Condottieri
The Social Status and Origins of Italian Condottieri and Captains. Explore the intriguing world of Italian condottieri and captains from 1300 to 1550, as we...
The Fatal Toll of War: A Comprehensive Table of Condottieri Deaths and Their Causes (1299-1539)
The Fate of Captains and Condottieri. 1299-1539. Deaths in combat and due to illnesses during a conflict. Captains executed or killed in prison. ITALIAN: Morti in...
The Lordships of the Condottieri
The Path of the Condottieri, from Paid Captains to Sovereign Rulers From tables 1 and 2 of the file Il sistema dei condottieri it is...
Marcantonio II Colonna, the Excommunicated Admiral of Lepanto
Marcantonio II Colonna, the excommunicated condottiero who commanded the pope’s fleet at Lepanto MARCANTONIO II COLONNA of Lanuvio. Duke of Paliano and of Tagliacozzo, marquis...
Ugolotto Biancardo, Condottiero of Parma: A Chronology of His Campaigns, 1378 to 1408
Thirty years of service under Padua, Milan and Venice, followed month by month UGOLOTTO BIANCARDO (Brancardo, Brancardi, Ugolino Bianco, Ugolotto Bianchi, Ugolotto Erculeo) of Parma....
Bartolomeo Peretti, the Corsican Captain Who Guarded Talamone and Hunted Barbary Corsairs
From the Black Bands to Hunting Barbary Corsairs: The Military Career of Bartolomeo Peretti BARTOLOMEO PERETTI (Meo da Talamone). From Talamone. From a family of...
Giampietro Bergamino, the Sforza Captain Who Fell in Faenza
A page turned jouster, crossbow commander and governor, and his nearly four decades in Milanese service GIAMPIETRO BERGAMINO (Giampietro Carminati of Val Brambilla, Giovanni Pietro...
Ludovico Orsini: The Condottiere Who Set Fire to Rome After a Pope’s Death
The Count of Pitigliano Who Fought Siena for Three Decades Count of Pitigliano and Anguillara. Lord of Sovana, Morlupo, Fiano Romano. Son of Niccolò Orsini,...
