Today I read about Albrecht Durer’s painting of Irish mercenaries and their servants from an Irish Times article . The caption on the work states: “Thus go the soldiers of Ireland, beyond England/Thus go the poor (peasants) of Ireland.” What is most interesting about the piece is that it is unknown what they were doing there at this time? According to the Irish Times piece“While Irish soldiers did find service as mercenaries in the Low Countries in the 16th century, 1521 is relatively early to find them so doing.” There is an interesting book in this me thinks?
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