The Alpirsbach ‘Boy’s Hose’: What the Surviving Garment Really Tells Us About Renaissance Clothing
What surviving linen hose reveals about Renaissance clothing, uncertain ownership, comparative dating, and Landsknecht reconstruction.
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Maximilian I and the Making of the Landsknechte
How war in the Burgundian Netherlands, Swiss-style infantry, royal patronage, and Maximilian’s public leadership helped shape the first Landsknechte.
The Landsknechte: Mercenaries of the Holy Roman Empire
How German-speaking hired infantry emerged in the late 1480s, fought through the Italian Wars, and changed around 1600—without the familiar founding and disappearance myths.