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lungo-lanciere should become lance lunghe or lanze longhe (as I said before, it does sound more venetian) excusati guard should become guardia degli excusati, or just plain excusati lancia sergente should become sergenti lancieri

milizia-lanciere should become lancieri miliziani or miliziani lancieri, doesn't make any real difference Given that in venetian dialect interconsonantic -c- usually affricates, lanza and therefore lanzeri may be more historically accurate.

They all come from lancia which means spear. Lanceri is actually debatable: lancieri is the modern italian form, but in the XV century they wrote lancieri, lanceri or lanzeri since there wasn't a standard spelling. I won't suggest you books written in italian since I assume you don't speak the language.īy the way, as it's already been pointed out there are some misspellings, and certain names make absolutely no sense at all in italian or are flat-out wrong: The first especially is quite famous, and has been semi-plagiarized by some Osprey writers. Why does Venice lose the Execustai Guard in the late period? Does anybody have an idea for good books or sources about the military of venice or italy in general during this period?If you're looking for academic studies I suggest you Michael Mallet's works, Mercenaries and their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy, and The Military Organization of a Renaissance State: Venice circa 1400 to 1617.

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