Explanation: Landsknecht were German mercenary troops of the 15th-17th centuries who garnered a reputation both as formidable warriors, and as ill-disciplined brutes who ravaged the land. Their dual reputation sprung from the same source - they were paid well and regularly, in contrast to many troops of the era, making them both highly motivated, but also motivated by profit, not any notion of service or legal necessity, making their conduct poor even by the low standards of the period.
Many landsknecht alao had syphillis, and would add giant codpieces to their clothes so that their irritated genitals wouldn’t be scratched by the cloth. There were enough of them that did this that it started to become fashionable and non-infected landsknecht would do it too
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Explanation: Landsknecht were German mercenary troops of the 15th-17th centuries who garnered a reputation both as formidable warriors, and as ill-disciplined brutes who ravaged the land. Their dual reputation sprung from the same source - they were paid well and regularly, in contrast to many troops of the era, making them both highly motivated, but also motivated by profit, not any notion of service or legal necessity, making their conduct poor even by the low standards of the period.
They had mad style, though, and got fantastic songs made about them
Many landsknecht alao had syphillis, and would add giant codpieces to their clothes so that their irritated genitals wouldn’t be scratched by the cloth. There were enough of them that did this that it started to become fashionable and non-infected landsknecht would do it too
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Is this how crazy Germans are? Is that what this is? A treatise to begin formulating medication for psychosis?
Cult weirdness.
Landsknecht and huge sacks - name a more iconic duo