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Soldiers > Guards, military > Swiss guards

Preferred term

Swiss guards  

Definition

  • Mercenaries who fought in various European armies, 15th-19th cs; not volunteers; put at the disposal of foreign powers by treaties (called capitulations) between the Swiss diet, the separate cantons, and the foreign power concerned, in return for money payments [CE, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Guards, Swiss
  • Mercenaries, Swiss guards

Notation

  • 121001

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QHFKPB2P-V

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