Concept information
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
In other languages
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French
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Suisses, gardes
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QHFKPB2P-V
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