Class Year
2018
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2014
Department 1
First Year Seminar
Abstract
This paper examines the use of mercenary warfare on the Italian peninsula during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It later focuses on the unique political and economic environment in Florence that led to Niccolo Machiavelli orchestrating the creation of the Florentine militia.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Boncardo, Michael N., "With One's Own Arms: Condottieri, Machiavelli, and the Rise of the Florentine Militia" (2014). Student Publications. 256.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/256
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Comments
This paper was written for Prof. Felicia Else's course, FYS 197: Florence: Art, Money, and Power in the Renaissance City, Fall 2014.