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How did medieval mercenary companies recruit? Were they able to only hire freemen into their ranks or could they bypass the feudal barriers and hire peasants? - Quora
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Royalist Levies or conscripted soldiers from the peasants and freemen England circa 1640 Stock Photo - Alamy
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