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Hawkwood the Soldier of Fortune

Posted on February 23, 2012 by 100swallows

This man, painted on the wall of an Italian cathedral way back in 1436,  is an Englishman. The great fresco painting of Giovanni Acuto by Paolo Uccello (1436) (publlic domain photo) What were the Italians doing painting an Englishman in … Continue reading →

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Cervantes at Lepanto

Posted on February 8, 2008 by 100swallows

Cervantes had a useless left hand—a war wound. Nowadays we would call him a disabled veteran. His enemy Avellaneda called him an “old one-armed guy.” That really burned him. “If my wounds don’t shine so brightly in the eyes of … Continue reading →

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