A small selection of three (among many) illustrations published with the new Card Game "Sorcery: Contested Realm". Medieval Knight and castle, Swiss and Landsknecht Pikemen and a Hunting Party.
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New illustrations, for the Card Game "Sorcery: Contested Realm"
A small selection of three (among many) illustrations published with the new Card Game "Sorcery: Contested Realm". Medieval Knight and castle, Swiss and Landsknecht Pikemen and a Hunting Party.
German Peasants' War, 1524-25: Peasant Rebel of the "Bundschuh"
1524: the revolt spreads along the
Rhine, the Danube, the Lake Constance, in the Black Forest, in Swabia,
Franconia. Peasants storm monasteries and castles.
Insurrections are transformed into war: in the single diocese of Wuerzburg 60 castles and 20 monasteries are burnt, in that of Bamberg 197 fortresses and 6 cloisters (Henric L. Wuermeling: "Die Geschichte Bayerns").
Insurrections are transformed into war: in the single diocese of Wuerzburg 60 castles and 20 monasteries are burnt, in that of Bamberg 197 fortresses and 6 cloisters (Henric L. Wuermeling: "Die Geschichte Bayerns").
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| In March 1525 some leaders of the peasants (Baltringer Haufen, Allgaeuer Haufen, Seehaufen) met in Memmingen to agree a common cause. On March 20, 1525, they adopted the "Twelve Articles". The Articles demanded the rights for the communities of the peasants and are considered to be the first written set of human rights in Europe. In the photo: the front of the Kramerzunft in Memmingen; the building where the Articles were written. |
Hans Franz Naegeli, Conqueror of the Vaud, 1536
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Hans Franz Nägeli was Supreme Commander of the Bernese
troops in the conquest of Vaud (1536), during the war agaist Savoy.
http://www.hr-lavater.ch/2014/08/09/der-baer-in-der-waadt-1536/
The illustration depicts Nägeli in half-harness, with the
typical broad-brimmed plumed hat.
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The sculpture of the "Vennerbrunnen" in Bern
Swiss Standard-bearer, Battle of Dornach, 1499 (Swabian War - Schwabenkrieg)
The Swabian War (Schwaben- oder Schweizerkrieg) broke out due to the ancient contrasts between the Habsburgs ant the Swiss Cantons, and in this case was the territorial controversy between the Grisons and the Habsburg Duke of Tyrol (the Emperor Maximilian) to turn on again the fuse.
The conflict expanded from the Rhine Valley to the Lake Constance; saw small-scale clashes but bloody looting. Imperial troops were finally defeated at Dornach on July 22, 1499.
The battle saw the complete triumph of the Swiss Cantons (Old Swiss Confederacy) on the imperial Swabian League and ended the Swabian War.
Among the Swiss fighters there were 5000 from Bern, 400 from Zurich, 600 from Lucerne, plus contingents from Uri, Zug and Unterwalden. The arrival of the Lucerne and Zug soldiers was decisive for the victory over Maximilan's army (16,000 men).
The battle was a key step in the history of the Swiss Confederation.
In the figure is depicted a Standard-bearer from the mighty city of Bern, with the typical feather turban and the transition clothes between the fashion of the 15th century and the much more extravagant "slasing" fashion of the 16th century.
Venetian Handgunner vs Early Landsknecht; Battle of Calliano (1487)
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| Venetian Handgunner |
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| Early Landsknecht |
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| The two illustrations are in "Clausewitz" Magazine |
Georg von Frundsberg (1473-1528), "Father of the Landsknechts"
Landsknecht versus Reislaeufer, c. 1520 AD
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| "Hie Lanz", "Hie Schwytz" Landsknecht VS Reislaeufer |
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| "Hie Lanz" German Landsknecht (Schultheiss) |
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| "Hie Schwytz" Swiss Reislaeufer |
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