Captains of Fortune

Italy, 13th Century to 1527 - its chivalry, barbarity, squalor, luxury, revealed in the lives of six Condottieri (Captains of Adventure). The Condottieri sold their services to the most likely bidder among the great lords of the many states that made up Italy at the time.Profiles of six Italian condottieri. Features Ezzelino da Romano; Castruccio Castracani; Sir John Hawkwood; Sigismondo Malatesta; Giovanni de Medici; The Count of Carmagnola.