The rise of warrior dynasties: the history of the great families who ruled Italy by the sword.

Introduction to Condottieri di Ventura

The Orsini of Bracciano: Condottieri, Barons and Lords between Rome and Naples

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Five generations of a house that builds a domain across Lazio and Abruzzo, only to see it dissolve amid wars, debts and a fratricide The...
Introduction to Condottieri di Ventura

The Pico della Mirandola: The Pico Dynasty Between Mirandola, Concordia sulla Secchia and the Courts of Italy

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Thirteen condottieri from one small town on the Po fought emperors, dukes and each other The Pico (as reported on the Al Barnardon site) are...

The Dal Verme Of Verona: From Loyalty To The Scaligeri To Service Under Milan

The da Montefeltro: The Lineage of the Counts and Dukes of Urbino

The Da Fogliano: A Dynasty of Reggio Emilia Between Guelphs, Ghibellines, and Family Blood

The Pio Of Carpi: Lords, Condottieri and Family Rivals

The Da Correggio: Lords of a City Fought over by Parma, Milan and Ferrara

The Gaetani Condottieri: A Family Between the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal States

The Da Varano Of Camerino: Lords, Soldiers And Family Feuds

The Caldora: A Dynasty of Condottieri between the Abruzzi and the Kingdom of Naples

The da Polenta: How They Lost Ravenna — Patricide, Venice and Final Exile

The Savelli Condottieri of Rome: A Family at War

The Fregoso Dynasty: Corsairs, Cardinals and Doges of Genoa

The Rangoni of Modena: Seven Generations of Condottieri in Renaissance Italy

The Stone Empire: The Rise and Strategy of the House of Rossi

The Trivulzio Lineage: Military Strategies, Political Alliances, and Dynasties of Condottieri in the Italian Renaissance

The Hegemony of the House of Vitelli: Blood, Innovation and the Profession of Arms in the Renaissance

The Hegemony of the House of Fortebracci of Montone

The House of Este: History of a Great Dynasty

The Da Carrara Dynasty: Between Lordly Power and the Profession of Arms

The Viper’s Legacy: Historical and Genealogical Chronicle of the Visconti Condottieri

The Manfredi Dynasty: A Historico-Genealogical and Military Analysis of the Seigniory of Faenza

The Eagle and the Talons: The Epic of Blood and Steel of the House of Ordelaffi

The Gonzaga: The Art Of War And The Strategy Of Survival

The Eagle and the Crutches: Historical and Military Monograph of the Zampeschi Dynasty of Forlimpopoli (15th–16th Century)

The Rise and Fall of the Anguillara Dynasty: Genealogy of the Condottieri Between Lazio and Exile (15th–16th Century)

The House Baglioni: Rise, Feuds, and Genealogy of the Condottieri of Perugia

The Bentivoglio Genealogy: History of a Warrior Household

The da Barbiano: Genealogy of a Lineage of Condottieri

The Attendolo-Sforza Military Dynasty

Military Power in Medieval Southern Italy: The San Severino Family

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