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    temporary feudal levies to fight their wars. Swiss mercenaries (German: Reisläufer) were valued throughout the kingdoms and states of medieval Europe for...
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    aggressive, and well-trained with their arms. The Swiss pikemen, called Reisläufer, repeatedly defeated and eventually killed Charles, eliminating Burgundy...
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    warfare that occurred when two opposing columns of pikemen (often Swiss Reisläufer or German Landsknechte) met and became locked in position along a front...
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    Lucerne. fol. 259r; Carnival dance on the Landmatte of Schwyz fol. 327v; Reisläufer crossing the Alps Schilling mercenaries training. fol. 339v; the duchess...
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  • and whose primary weapon was the pike, following the Swiss model of the Reisläufer. Schoen, Gerhard. "Schulten, Gustav (1897–1945), Musikpädagoge – BMLO"...
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    estrangement between the Swiss and the Swabians. The competition between Swiss (Reisläufer) and Swabian mercenaries (Landsknechte), who both fought in armies throughout...
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    lighter arquebus and heavier musket, and the stunning success of the Swiss Reisläufer and the German Landsknechte, these two weapons came to dominate renaissance...
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    the Swabian Circles, and a smaller number of Swiss troops, often called Reisläufer. The battle took place in the westernmost part of modern-day Austria,...
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    Martin Schmid aus Baar; Zürich 1959 (German). Felix Alfred Plattner: Ein Reisläufer Gottes. Das abenteuerliche Leben des Schweizer Jesuiten P. Martin Schmid...
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