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Company of Death : ウィキペディア英語版 | Company of Death
The Company of Death is the name used in the historical literature of English language for two related chosen tactical corps, two selected bands of warriors, entrusted to guarantee the cohesiveness and efficiency in battle of both the Milanese and Lombard League's militias through their bound by oath〔"Determined to fight to the last gasp, sworn to die then lose it (the Carroccio) and accept defeat".〕 to the defence of the Milanese Carroccio,〔A "Sacred car(t)", symbol and sign of municipal freedom and of right who was used as rallying point and centre of command in battle.〕 the wagon on which the standard 〔The altar, the standard and the Holy Bell (known as ''Martinella'').〕 of the Lombard allies stood. They fought in the Battle of Legnano (29 May 1176) against the imperial army of Frederick I Barbarossa Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in his 5th Italian Campaign, and were determinant in his decisive defeat. The two corps who formed the Company of Death were the Company of the Carroccio, an infantry unit of 300 men, and the real and effective Company of Death, a cavalry unit of 900 men, commanded according to tradition by Alberto da Giussano.〔Galvano Fiamma.〕 ==The Chronicles==
The mention of the "battle wagons" is very probably an anachronism, they were employed, without any success, years before the Battle of Legnano of 1176 took place, by a ''Mastro Guitelmo'' a milanese Guild-master and magistrate in a previous battle fought in the lands between Rho and Legnano in 1160 AD.〔Giovanni Codagnello (Iohannes Codagnelli aka Iohannes Caputagni), ''Annales Piacentini'' aka ''Annales Placentini'' (till 1235 AD) ed. O. Holder-Hegger in ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'' (MGH), SS rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum, XXXIII, Hannoverae et Lipsiae, 1901. ().〕 It is possible that the chronicler was mixing facts as their effective use at Legnano isn't mentioned elsewhere, it may also be a rhetorical device intended by him to recreate the appearance of the traditional trinitarian model of a "Holy Venture".
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