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English archer of Charles the Bold's Burgundian army c.1475
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| The archer on training. In the square some arrow heads. |
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| Drawing |
Klaus Störtebeker, the German Privateer (1360-1400 or 1401), and Hanseatic Mercenary
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| Klaus VS Mercenary of the Hanseatic League |
Klaus Störtebeker (1360 - Hamburg, 1400 or 1401) was a German pirate of the North Sea and Baltic Sea and the most famous leader of the so-called Vitalienbrüder, the extraordinary privateers in the war between the Swedes and the Danish and the powerful Hanseatic League. "Victual Brothers" because originally they were hired to supply the besieged city of Stockholm with provisions.
After the end of the war, the "Brothers" continued to capture merchant ships by themselves (by true pirates) and renamed "Likedeelers" (literally: equal sharers). At the helm of their power they also plundered Bergen in Norway and posed a huge threat to any commercial vessel on the Baltic Sea and (later, when they were driven from their base in Visby, Gotland) and the North Sea.
He was finally captured by the Hanseatic League, which had put in place enormous resources, and executed by decapitation, along with his companions. A skull of these, found in Hamburg, was used to suggest a hypothetical "reconstruction".
Swiss halberdier, Morat/Murten 1476, & Swiss soldier from Bern, 1475
In 1475 the Bernese, with Fribourg, conquered large parts of the Vaud Savoyard, which was allied with the Burgundians. During the month of August the Bernese attacked the castle of Aigle, to end the restless deployment of enemy troops.
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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