1503, Leaders, from mercenaries and condottieri to nobles and kings

The Italian Wars, often referred to as the Renaissance Wars,
                                                         [were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559
that involved, the Holy Roman Empire, the Papal States, Venice, France,
    [Spain, England, Scotland Ottoman Empire, thousands condemned to the line.

The armies of the these wars were commanded by a wide variety of leaders,
                                           [from mercenaries and condottieri to nobles and kings,
and Heavy cavalry—the final evolution of the fully armored medieval knight—
                                                            [remained a major player on the battlefields.

The main event of the year 1503 was a battle that was fought
             [between Spanish and French armies and the result was a Spanish victory.
It was part of the Second Italian War and was fought at the town of Ruvo
                                                                [in the Province of Bari, modern-day Italy.

Spanish army fought under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
       [and the French under Jacques de la Palice (Marshal under Francis the First.

In this battle, only 600 warriors died, [but thousands in this war,

                                       [a madness repeated, endless, cursed, on earth the worst.
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to be continued

* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS
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* Italian Wars, Following the Wars in Lombardy between Venice and Milan, which ended in 1454, Northern Italy had been largely at peace during the reigns of Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, with the notable exception of the War of Ferrara in 1482–1484.
Charles VIII of France improved relations with other European rulers in the run up to the First Italian War by negotiating a series of treaties: in 1493, France negotiated the Treaty of Senlis with the Holy Roman Empire.

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