"' Sir John Hawkwood "'( c . 1323 1394 ) was an English soldier and condottiere in the 14th century.
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In 1442, the Visconti condottiere Niccol?Piccinino imprisoned Annibale and his supporters at Varano, but Annibale was freed by Galeazzo Marescotti in 1442.
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It was painted in memory of the 1519 victory at Albacina by the local condottiere Giovanni Battista Zobicco against the soldiers of Pope Leo X.
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Thus, the word " Condottiere " in the English language has come to denote, in the modern sense, any hired soldier.
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Even so, sometime around 1470 Pulci needed more money and went into the service of Robert Sanseverino, a northern " condottiere ".
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Cantos VIII XI draw on the story of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, 15th-century poet, condottiere, lord of Rimini and patron of the arts.
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Later, his services passed on to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a Milanese " condottiere " ( adventurer ) and eventually he ended up at the Vatican.
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The condottiere is poised on a majestic steed with a massive mane; the horse rears, kicking his legs right out of the marble pillars that frame the scene.
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In these years he also acted as a paid " condottiere " for neighbouring kings which made him a mortgagee of for instance King Eric VI of Denmark.
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On 23 October 1404, the castle was captured by Paolo Colleoni, father of the important condottiere Francesco Bussone recaptured it, partially demolishing it and starting its decline.
