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Was the pay meant to cover the troops under his command, as opposed to his personal pay?
by rgblambda 2y ago
Was the pay meant to cover the troops under his command, as opposed to his personal pay?
- CRConrad 2y agoAs I understand it, those were gross payments -- ~"for John Hawkwood and his company of merrie men" -- and he paid his men out of that. But some of their compensation probably also came from whatever they were allowed to loot when they took a city -- which of course gave commanders an incentive to let their men loot a lot, so they'd be happy with that and not demand as much regular pay out of the commander's gross fee from his employer.