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and held it for a very high ransom. In the late 1430s he pillaged
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with around 400 men armed with such prosaic devices as
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137:In 1431 he was rewarded by
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229:In 1436 his men pillaged
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161:against the assaults of
124:Louis II of Chalon-Arlay
155:Georges de la Trémoille
147:Saint-Clément-de-Régnat
32:Rodrigo de Villandrando
349:Lodge, Eleanor Cabot.
332:Labarge, Margaret Wade
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455:15th-century soldiers
267:Poton de Xaintrailles
89:Charles VII of France
60:empereur des brigands
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450:Medieval mercenaries
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257:. In 1438 he joined
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288:Praguerie
277:Bordelais
220:Châteldon
218:and then
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309:and the
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281:Bordeaux
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251:furriers
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195:Laparade
179:bastides
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315:marshal
275:in the
169:called
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