Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "The Golden Age of the Condottieri: The Powerhouse of the Renaissance Mercenary Market" video.

  1. Sometimes a family of condottieri, over time, became so influential to became the leader of the city (Sforza of Milan, Malatesta of Rimini...), but that didn't happen suddenly for not having been paid.
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  2. Had not them been reliable they wouldn't have found employers for over a century. No condottiere could have a reputation of being "unreliable" and "treacherous".
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  3. Gattamelata was of humble origins (his father was a baker) and in central Italy the nickname, often given to you from some random event when you are young, assonance with your name, etc. is more "official" than your real name. Gattamelata got that nickname probably as a contraption of his mother's name, Melania Gattelli.
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