The Normans: beyond 1066
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Did They Become Mercenaries?
Young men who didn't want to go into the church, and there would always be a majority, would be trained in arms. And then you had to find some way of getting land and establishing your own household. By the eleventh century, they're having to go to italy or to greece or ba tiam to find employers. Still, to come on the history extra podcast, they are lucky commanders. And i think carisma is a very interesting an historical subject. You read about berm onder antioch or tankrod, and men will follow them otheir deaths.
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