- The
Landsknechte (singular:
Landsknecht,
pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also
rendered as
Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were
German mercenaries used in pike...
-
mercenaries were
increasingly supplanted by imitators,
chiefly the
Landsknechts.
Landsknechts were
Germans (at
first largely from Swabia) and
became proficient...
-
formation of 16th
century mercenaries,
largely pikemen,
probably serving as
Landsknechts. They
fought in the
French army for ten years,
seeing service in several...
- 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...
- best
medieval infantry force in Europe. With the
French were
German landsknechts,
bitter rivals of the
Swiss for fame and
renown in war, and
their late...
-
unique historic record of life in the army from the
viewpoint of a
simple Landsknecht.
Current research relates the book
author to
Peter Hagendorf,
first prin****l...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Maximilian in the
organization of the
Landsknecht troops. One year later, he
became the
commander of the
Landsknechts in the
Habsburg Netherlands. Thereafter...
- on the
defensive when
attacked by cavalry.
German soldiers known as
Landsknechts later adopted Swiss methods of pike handling. The
Scots predominantly...
