#OnThisDay 1525:
The armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire fought the Battle of #Pavia. The French army was decisively defeated by an army including the Italian #condottiero Fernando d'Avalos, and the German military commander -and the ‘father of the #Landsknechte’- Georg von #Frundsberg.
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"Some #Zweihänders had wavy blades, and were called #Flammenschwert "
"The #Zweihänder is mostly associated with Swiss and German mercenaries known as #Landsknechte. While the Swiss outlawed use of the weapon, other Landsknechte kept using it until much later."
...schnuckelige, kampferprobte Elite #Landsknechte, die 'Schwarze Garde'. Spieße, Hellebarden, Hakenbüchsen, Harnische, paar Helme, Landsknechte halt. Und so'n beten Landheer mit Kanonen, lokalem Adel und Prachtrüstung. Federn, Fahnen, bunt, laut, man misshandelt den Pöbel und hat Spaß dabei.
