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THE BATTLE OF MARIGNANO - September 1515
by Cristini, Luca
1-1947507
On 13 and 14 September 1515, on the fields north of Melegnano (formerly Marignano) was fought the greatest battle of the sixteenth century: The army of King Francis I of France, with over 50,000 men and nearly 300 guns versus 20,000 Swiss, the best infantry of the period, in the pay of the Duke of Milan Maximilian Sforza.
The stakes were sovereignty over the Duchy of Milan, the richest state of the Italian peninsula, claimed by France to ancient dynastic rights. This epic battle, defined by an eyewitness, 'not men but giants,' marked the end of Lombardy Sforza and forced Switzerland, until then an emerging power on the European stage, to retire for good in the field of neutrality.
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