Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena Maria Lorena Cook this book supports recent scholarship

this book supports recent scholarship in English that not only challenges long-held assumptions about Pietism but also argues for the role of Pietism’s influence on the changing religious landscape of the eighteenth century

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It also makes available specific research concerning our current understandings of how these dynamics play out in particular regions and countries

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in the postwar United States

Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena Maria Lorena Cook this book supports recent scholarshipAmong the most dramatic problems faced on the Italian peninsula in the fourteenth century were the raids of marauding mercenary companies. These companies, known locally as Companies of Adventure and more generally as Free Companies, were private armies, composed of professional soldiers and adventurers from throughout Europe. They sold their services to the highest bidder in times of war, and staged ruinous raids in times of peace. The city of Siena,