- The
Landsknechte (singular:
Landsknecht,
pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also
rendered as
Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were
German mercenaries used in pike...
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formation of 16th
century mercenaries,
largely pikemen,
probably serving as
Landsknechts. They
fought in the
French army for ten years,
seeing service in several...
-
mercenaries were
increasingly supplanted by imitators,
chiefly the
Landsknechts.
Landsknechts were
Germans (at
first largely from Swabia) and
became proficient...
- infantry, were
unable to
break into the
defensive positions. Held by the
Landsknechts in the front,
fired into
their flanks by the
arquebusiers and har****ed...
- ISBN 0-85045-798-X Ffoulkes, Charles. The
Armourer and his Craft. New York:
Dover Publications, 1912. ISBN 0-486-25851-3
Jason Grimes,
Landsknecht Pikeman Armour...
-
Maximilian in the
organization of the
Landsknecht troops. One year later, he
became the
commander of the
Landsknechts in the
Habsburg Netherlands. Thereafter...
- pla**** with cards,
named after the
French spelling of the
German word
Landsknecht ('servant of the land or country'),
which refers to 15th- and 16th-century...
-
Typical Swiss or
Landsknechts half-armour worn by foot
soldiers in the 16th century,
known in
England as
almain rivet....
- on the
defensive when
attacked by cavalry.
German soldiers known as
Landsknechts later adopted Swiss methods of pike handling. The
Scots predominantly...
- in more than five
hundred years since the
previous sack; in 1527, the
Landsknechts of
Emperor Charles V
sacked the city,
bringing an
abrupt end to the golden...
