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	Condottieri and the Great Equestrian Statues and Paintings of Renaissance Italy
		"A condottiere (plural condottieri) was the holder of a military condotta (plural condotte), or contract, for the raising and leadership of troops.
		While condotte were being issued by Italian cities and states as early as the second half of the twelve hundreds as a means of recruiting a part of their armies, it was only in the later years of the thirteen hundreds that........
		The nuclei of the companies which condottieri contracted to provide were normally kept permanently in being and augmented for specific contracts and campaigns by recruitment of additional rank and file.
	www.paradoxplace.com /Insights/Equestrian/Equestrians.htm (2278 words)

	Condottieri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Condottieri (singular condottiere) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century.
		The condottieri were masters of the battles fought in Italy for the whole 15th century.
		The lavishly adorned but ineffective condottieri were increasingly powerless against the armies of the nations of Western Europe that flooded into Italy in the 16th century, during the Italian Wars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Condottieri (1537 words)

	CONDOTTIERE - LoveToKnow Article on CONDOTTIERE
		(plural, condottieri), an Italian term, derived ultimately from Latin conducere, meaning either to conduct or to hire, for the l~der of the mercenary military companies, often several thousand strong, which used to be hired out to carry on the wars of the Italian states.
		The condottieri played a very importan.t part in Italian history from the middle of the i3th to the middle of the 15th century.
		The soldiers of the condottieri were almost entirely heavy armoured cavalry (men-at-arms).
	6.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CONDOTTIERE.htm (687 words)

	Condottieri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Condottieri were mercenary leaders employed by Italiancity-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-fifteenth century.
		The condottieri also became lethargic in regards to the changing nature ofwarfare and began fighting each other in grandiose but often pointless and nearly bloodless "battles." The condottieri stillretained grand armored knights and medieval weapons and tactics long after the rest of Europe had transitioned to more modernarmies composed of pikemen and musketeers.
		The condottieri were no match for the Swiss pikemen, English musketeers, French cavalry, and Spanish tercios, and the condotta had disappeared by1450.
	www.therfcc.org /condottieri-16487.html (731 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Condottieri
		Incomes were high indeed, though it should be noted that inflation was high in Italy during the period: Portrait of Sigismondo Malatesta by Piero della Francesca Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417 â€“ 1468) (the wolf of Rimini) was lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432.
		Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century.
		Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (September 18, 1475 â€“ March 12, 1507), Duke of Valentinois, and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church the son of Rodrigo Borgia, the future Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattani.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Condottieri (5619 words)

	Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends - Condottieri Castle - Game Guide
		Use the Dragoon to get all the relics on the map, so you can afford to train some more troops.
		The same mission is a lot easier if you decide to join the Forzi.
		This time you don’t have any time limit and Montuchio’s attacks are weak and easy to take care of.
	guides.gamepressure.com /riseofnationsriseoflegends/guide.asp?ID=1101 (447 words)

	WorldNetDaily: The condottieri of capitalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The five major powers of Italy – the duchy of Milan, the Serene Republic of Venice, the kingdom of Naples, the Florentine republic and the Papal States –; were not known for their military prowess.
		Like most mercenaries throughout history, the condottieri were reluctant to risk their lives, without which their pay was useless, and so combat on the Italian peninsula evolved over time into a bloodless pageantry of parade drill and political intrigue.
		The condottieri of capitalism are a cancer, certainly, but as with most things, the cause of this cancer can be traced back to government interference – in this case, with the free market.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32520 (652 words)

	Condottieri - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Condottieri, a term for leaders of the Italian mercenary bands of soldiers, of which there were many during the years of almost incessant warfare...
		As condottieri, or mercenary soldiers, they led their armies in the...
		During the 13th century feudalism reached the zenith of its development and then began to decline.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Condottieri.html (96 words)

	17 “THE BEAUTIFUL STRATAGEM”
		These were the only troops with the condottieri in Sinigaglia; the remainder of their forces were quartered in the strongholds of the territory at distances of from five to seven miles of the town.
		In Sinigaglia, as we have seen, the condottieri had only the troops of Oliverotto-1,000 foot and 150 horse-which had been quartered in the borgo, and were now drawn up in the market-place, Oliverotto at their head, to do honour to the duke.
		Immediately upon the arrest of the condottieri Cesare had issued orders to attack the soldiers of Vitelli and Orsini, and to dislodge them from the castles of the territory where they were quartered, and similarly to dislodge Oliverotto’s men and drive them out of Sinigaglia.
	books.rakeshv.org /html/lcbga10/lcbga10ch27.html (2731 words)

	Condottieri: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A tercio is a term used by the spanish army to describe a group of almost 3000 infantry....
		Malatesta da verruchio (1212 - 1312) was the founder of the powerful malatesta family and a famous condottieri....
		Erasmo of narni (1370 - 1443), better known as "gattamelata", was was among the most famous of the condottieri or mercenaries in the italian...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/condottieri.htm (2062 words)

	Italian Light Cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The heavy cruisers had a displacement of 10,000 tons and were armed with guns up to 203 mm (8in); light cruisers had a displacement ranging from 5000 to 9000 tons and guns up to 152 mm (6in).
		The light cruisers included four different types, the so called "5000" of the Condottieri class, the "7000" of the Montecuccoli class, the "8000" of the Eugenio di Savoia class to end with the "9000" of the Garibaldi class.
		The light cruisers of the Condottieri class had 4 double launchers in trainable installations placed on deck near the stern smokestack.
	www.regiamarina.net /arsenals/ships_it/cruisers_light/crui_light_us.htm (560 words)

	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
		It is characteristic of the moral aspect of the situation that the Condottieri had often to give their wives and children as hostages, and notwithstanding this, neither felt nor inspired confidence.
		It was these relations who kept the army together when he lay a captive in the Castel dell'Uovo at Naples; his sister took the royal envoys prisoners with her own hands, and saved him by this reprisal from death.
		From the death of Piccinino onwards, the foundations of new States by the Condottieri became a scandal not to be tolerated.
	www.idbsu.edu /courses/hy309/docs/burckhardt/1-3.html (2628 words)

	History of ITALY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Many of these Italian condottieri of the 15th century are extremely civilized men of the Renaissance (Federico da Montefeltro, with his own court at Urbino, is an outstanding example).
		By the end of the century the role of the condottieri is considerably reduced.
		The condottieri are mounted knights, relics of a medieval past.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2693&HistoryID=ac52 (2675 words)

	Black Wing Company The official rapier company of the kingdom of Artemisia
		The creation of such a Command Office will require the Captain General to state the name of condottieri assigned to, general obligations of, and powers granted by this Command Office to the Gentleman Usher, so that this information may be made known to all members of Black Wing Company.
		Captains: Those Condottieri that have been recognized by the Crown of Artemisia as Defenders of the White Scarf.
		Condottieri rank scarves shall be of suitable materials (broadcloth).
	blackwing.my100megs.com /charter.htm (3815 words)

	Condottieri Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the 15th century, with the French invasion of Italy and the Catholic Church's plea to the Spanish for help, the lavishly adorned but ineffective condottieri were defeated by wave after wave of invasions from the armies of almost every nation in Western Europe.
		Facino Cane de Casale (Casale Monferrato, 1360 - Pavia, 1412) began in the service of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, in his struggles against Mantua.
		Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza ("Strong") (Cotignola, 1369 - near Pescara, 1424) Condottiere from the Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples; the most successful dynast of the condottieri après avoir reçu de Jeanne II de Naples le titre de grand connétable.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/c/co/condottieri.html (671 words)

	Pope Alexander VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		But his military force was uncertain, for the condottieri were not to be trusted.
		His attempt to draw Florence into an alliance failed, but in July, Louis XII of France again invaded Italy and was at once bombarded with complaints from the Borgia's enemies.
		Alexander VI's diplomacy, however, turned the tide, and Cesare, in exchange for promising to assist the French in the south, was given a free hand in central Italy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Alexander_VI (4418 words)

	AllRefer.com - condottiere (Italian History) - Encyclopedia
		The condottieri hired and paid the bands who fought under them.
		They dealt directly with the cities or states that requested their services and were responsible solely to them.
		Some condottieri had small states of their own, either inherited or acquired.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/condotti.html (208 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Since a bonus was paid to the builders for exceeding contract speed, builders would force the machinery beyond normal and safe limits during trials, resulting in artificially high legend speeds.
		This class, as well as subsequent classes were called Condottieri, as they were named for famous Italian captains of free agent armies that dominated Italy during the Renaissance, when the peninsula was a series of small kingdoms and principalities, as well as subsequent Italian heroes.
		Quite clearly the Condottieri had evolved from the early light, extremely fast but extremely frail cruisers that started the parade in the 1920s.
	www.steelnavy.com /DelphisSavoia.htm (3616 words)

	Estalia01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The campaign was devastating, leaving countless Villanios and the elite Condottieri dead or demoralized.
		Most of the Condottieri do not like this practice, because it often puts them against other Condottieri or simple villagers that rebelling against the Don because they are starving.
		To represent this, you may upgrade 0-1 units of Villanios to Condottieri (+1 to WS and LD) for 4 points a model.
	merchantprince.homestead.com /Estalia01.html (3764 words)

	14 THE REVOLT OF THE CONDOTTIERI
		But so incensed was he against the duke for this intervention between himself and his revenge, and so freely did he express himself in the matter, that it was put about at once that he intended to go against Cesare.
		Before accusing Valentinois of treachery to his condottieri, before saying that he shifted the blame of the Tuscan affair on to the shoulders of his captains, it would be well to ascertain that there was any blame to shift-that is to say, any blame that must originally have fallen upon Cesare.
		Considering that these condottieri were now at odds with Cesare, they might see fit to consider themselves bound to Bentivogli by the Treaty of Villafontana, signed by Vitelli and Orsini on the duke’s behalf at the time of the capitulation of Castel Bolognese.
	books.rakeshv.org /html/lcbga10/lcbga10ch24.html (2518 words)

	Condottieri - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Luis Trenker performed double duty as star and director of the Italian swashbuckler Condottieri (The Knights).
		I Grandi condottieri VHS movie only $10.99, get the I Grandi...
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	movies.aol.com /movie/condottieri/1101674/main (128 words)

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		His safety lay in the fact that none of his servants trusted the others, that his Condottieri were watched and misled by spies, and that the ambassadors and higher officials were baffled and kept apart by artificially nourished jealousies, and in particular by the device of coupling an honest man with a knave.
		His inward faith, too, rested upon opposed and contradictory systems; he believed in blind necessity, and in the influence of the stars, and offering prayers at one and the same time to helpers of every sort; he was a student of the ancient authors, as well as of French tales of chivalry.
		The only further guarantee of their fidelity which could be obtained lay in their great number, by which treachery was made as difficult as its discovery was easy.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext00/corii10.txt (17962 words)

	The condottieri of capitalism
		The five major powers of Italy - the duchy of Milan, the Serene Republic of Venice, the kingdom of Naples, the Florentine republic and the Papal States - were not known for their military prowess.
		While Florence had a militia of sorts and Venice was known for its navy, for the most part they relied upon condottieri for their defenses - mercenaries who not only had no significant attachment to the city-state that employed them, but often were not even Italian.
		The condottieri of capitalism are a cancer, certainly, but as with most things, the cause of this cancer can be traced back to government interference - in this case, with the free market.
	www.voxday.net /archive/2003/051203.html (594 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		These ships were collectively called the Condottieri, as they were named for famous Italian captains of free agent armies that dominated Italy during the Renaissance, when the peninsula was a series of small kingdoms and principalities, as well as subsequent Italian heroes of the Italian unification.
		The 6-inch guns of the Condottieri could out-range and destroyer the destroyers long before the French could get within effective range of their smaller and less numerous guns.
		The next three classes of Condottieri, composing six cruisers in all, reflect the total change in design philosophy and the quest for balance.
	www.steelnavy.com /DelphisMontecuccoli.htm (8006 words)

	Market for Mercenaries
		Thi s was especially the case in medieval Italy where, rather than serving as auxiliaries as in ancient and medieval warfare, mercenaries, led by a military enterpriser, composed the bulk of the armed forces.
		While the chess game nature of condottieri warfar e is undoubtedly exaggerated, unnecessarily prolonged campaigns, sit-down strikes, and threats to retire during a crisis were not unknown.
		There are reports of clashes between the commissaries and the condottieri, but more typical are the close personal links between some of the Venetian nobles who acted as provveditori and some of t he leading condottieri, "sometimes too close for the peace of mind of the Venetian government.
	www.personal.psu.edu /faculty/d/x/dxl31/research/presentations/mercenary.html (5001 words)

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