Author: Caferro, William
Title: Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena
Description: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, (1998). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xx,251 pp, Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical & Political Science, 116th Series (1998), 1.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Italy & the Companies of Adventure; A Coincidence of Disasters: The Companies & Sienese Society; The Cost of the Raids; Mercenary Companies & the Countryside; The Price of Valor; Meeting the Expenses of Raids: Sources of Income; The Fiscal & Administrative Impact of Heavy Taxation; Fiscal Crisis, Giangaleazzo Visconti, & the End of the Sienese Independence; Conclusion; Appendix: Dating, Money & Measurement.

Keywords: Medieval History, Mercenary Troops, Siena, Italy, Military, Condottieri, Army Armies, Free Companies,