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Episode #65, "Soldier and Fortune" Maps and Sources

  • James Houser
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SOURCES


Caferro, William. John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.


Cooper, Stephen. Sir John Hawkwood: Chivalry and the Art of War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2008.


Mallett, Michael. Mercenaries and their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy. Totowa, N.J.; Rowman and Littlefield, 1974.


Saunders, Frances Stonor. Hawkwood: The Diabolical Englishman. London: Faber and Faber, 2004.


Tuchman, Barbara. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.



MAPS


Battles of the Hundred Years' War. John Hawkwood was probably at Crecy in 1346 (close to the top) and Poitiers in 1356 (close to the center).
Battles of the Hundred Years' War. John Hawkwood was probably at Crecy in 1346 (close to the top) and Poitiers in 1356 (close to the center).

A Map of Northern Italy in 1300 - prior to the rapid expansion of Milan under the Visconti.
A Map of Northern Italy in 1300 - prior to the rapid expansion of Milan under the Visconti.

Milanese territories at the height of Giangaleazzo Visconti's power, 1402
Milanese territories at the height of Giangaleazzo Visconti's power, 1402

A very detailed map of Renaissance Italy in 1494, about a century after Hawkwood's death, very good for reference. Note that Venice is much stronger at the expense of Milan by now; Venice had started to conquer what they called "Terrafirma," a more firm foothold in Italy. They had conquered Brescia, Verona, and Padua from Milanese influence.
A very detailed map of Renaissance Italy in 1494, about a century after Hawkwood's death, very good for reference. Note that Venice is much stronger at the expense of Milan by now; Venice had started to conquer what they called "Terrafirma," a more firm foothold in Italy. They had conquered Brescia, Verona, and Padua from Milanese influence.

 
 
 
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