This man, as I have said, made head of the army by the Syracusans, soon found out that a mercenary soldiery, constituted like our Italian
condottieri, was of no use; and it appearing to him that he could neither keep them not let them go, he had them all cut to pieces, and afterwards made war with his own forces and not with aliens.
Then I traced back a course of life for this latest scion of a race of
condottieri, tracking down his misfortunes, looking for the reasons of the deep moral and physical degradation out of which the lately revived sparks of greatness and nobility shone so much the more brightly.
``The Saxon porker,'' he said, ``is either asleep or minds me not Prick him with your lance, De Bracy,'' speaking to a knight who rode near him, the leader of a band of Free Companions, or
Condottieri; that is, of mercenaries belonging to no particular nation, but attached for the time to any prince by whom they were paid.
"My opinion is, that all these old podestas, these ancient
condottieri, -- for the Cavalcanti have commanded armies and governed provinces, -- my opinion, I say, is, that they have buried their millions in corners, the secret of which they have transmitted only to their eldest sons, who have done the same from generation to generation; and the proof of this is seen in their yellow and dry appearance, like the florins of the republic, which, from being constantly gazed upon, have become reflected in them."
Financiaram lideres partidarios em eleicoes e
condottieri em guerras civis.
Pero la mayoria de estos
condottieri, que buscaban cobrar notoriedad publica, tenian aun un vinculo con la ciudad del club que dirigian.
T wish we could have fought with the
Condottieri. .
(74) At the court of Ferrara, for instance, the voluntary exile Nanni di Carlo Strozzi was in Este service by 1394, and his sons were important
condottieri and nobles.
"Pontano e la guerra di Napoli."
Condottieri e uomini d'arme nell'Italia del Rinascimento.
Castruccio hace uso del engano con aquellos que, en algun sentido, pueden considerarse sus pares--como era el caso de los
condottieri. El lider militar les tiende una trampa, les hace creer que los habia perdonado por la conspirar contra el y luego, una vez que se sienten confiados, los mata.
The author concludes in the future the institutional military will more closely resemble the
condottieri of pre-Westphalia (a return to the natural condition) than the national armies dominating modern times.
Paid assassins, small-scale
condottieri, never wanted for business.
