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The Tross was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century, and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughou
Landsknecht with his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer.
Tross at a medieval reenactment
Landsknecht
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The Landsknechte, also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly of pikemen and support
Tross
…The Tross was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century, and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughout the sixteenth…
Landsknechte, etching by Daniel Hopfer, c. 1530
Image of Landsknechte in the Geschichte des Kostüms
Kaiser Maximilian I. und Georg von Frundsberg, depicting Maximilian I and Georg von Frundsberg, founders of the Landsknechte, by Karl von Blaas. 1868. Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Standard bearer fighting against five Landsknechte (etching by Daniel Hopfer)