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 Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Military :: Uniforms :: GERMAN MERCENARIES, LANDSKNECHTE,HISTORICAL COSTUME AND MILITARIA PRINT ,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

GERMAN MERCENARIES, LANDSKNECHTE,HISTORICAL COSTUME AND MILITARIA PRINT ,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving
GERMAN MERCENARIES, LANDSKNECHTE,HISTORICAL COSTUME AND MILITARIA PRINT ,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving
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It was the high Renaissance in Europe (c.e.1500-1600) Landsknechts, along with the Swiss were the highest paid mercenary troops of the Renaissance. Under the rule of Maxamilian I of the Holy Roman Empire, a force of Imperial troops was created to rival the best trained fighting force of the time, the Swiss. The members of the Imperial army were known as Landsknechts meaning "slave of the country". These troops fought in the Low-land Wars, against Italian city-states, and against Turkish incursions into the Empire. After the death of Charles V, the highly trained troops eventually went unpaid. This led to a weakening of the army and an eventual breakdown, desertion and mercenary work for many. but that is another thing. Maxamilian I gave the Landsknechts the right to wear whatever colors and types of clothing they wished. The flamboyant troops were garishly dressed with slashing, multiple colours, spoils of battle, and huge feathered hats. This exsemption of the sumptuary laws would affect the clothing they wore more than anything else that happened. once the clothing was deregulated The clothing the Landsknechte wore is often called "Puff and Slash" because the outer fabric or garment was slashed, torn and sewn with holes. Fabric under that was then pulled through to for form puffs of that fabric, often a contrasting fabric.

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