An unsung villain: the reputation of a condottiere: Stephen Cooper describes how John Hawkwood, a tanner's son from Essex, became a mercenary in late fourteenth-century Italy, and after his death acquired a reputation as a first-class general and as a model of chivalry.

History Today | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

IF YOU GO INTO THE DUOMO in Florence, you will see a splendid equestrian portrait of the Englishman Sir John Hawkwood (d.1394). It was painted by Paolo Uccello in 1436 and shows Hawkwood as Captain-General of Florence, the position he held in the early 1390s, at the end of a long life. Astride a magnificent stallion, he carries a commander's baton in his right hand and wears an elaborate version of the plate armour that had once made the White Company famous. As Frances Stonor Saunders has vividly written, his face and neck may be 'cadaverous' but the image is noble, and the ...

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