The White Company ( Italian: Compagnia Bianca del Falco ) - a detachment of Italian mercenaries , operating in medieval Europe in the XIV century . At first, the commander of the detachment was the German Albert Shtertz, then he was replaced by the Englishman John Hawkwood . His activity was fictionalized in 1891 in Conan Doyle 's novel The White Squad .
See also
- Tombstone of John Hawkwood
Links
- Urban, William and Terry Jones. Medieval Mercenaries. MBI Publishing Company. 2006. ISBN 1853676977 , ISBN 9781853676970 . Google Books Online November 10, 2008.