Mercenaries and Paid Men

Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from other soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and early modern period? What kind of men became mercenaries and where did they come from? These are some of the questions which the essays in this volume address.France, John is the author of 'Mercenaries and Paid Men', published 2008 under ISBN 9789004164475 and ISBN 9004164472.