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

The Lordships of the condottieri

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

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How the Dal Verme Rose from Verona to Command Milan's Armies The Dal Verme represent one of the most complete cases of social ascent through...
The Lordships of the condottieri

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

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The Montefeltro Dynasty: Excommunication, Mercenary Wars, and the Urbino Court The family originates from a branch of the counts of Carpegna. While the main branch...

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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