Talk:Battle of Cortenuova

Saracens

The article seems to put the victory on the shoulders of the Saracens, but the sources differ as to whether they were even at the battle or not. Most of the fighting is said to have occurred between the German horse and the League forces, first their cavalry, then their infantry. Query what is the foundation for the assertion that the Saracens may have won the battle?Larry Dunn 21:05, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point, I will change the term Saracen anyways. Because it were not some saracen mercanaries, but Fredericks famous Apulian Moslems. Frederick defeated the moslems in sicily and relocated all the moslem POWs to Apulia. Were they became part of his troops against the pope and other enemies. So if there were moslems at the battle, than they were the apulian moslems.

2.000 german knights on Fredericks side!

I removed the stress on Muslim warriors, who surely played a role, but surely not the exaggerate one boasted by some sources, which forget the true situation in face of such an exotic detail. There's surely also a confusion in data, considering ALL Sicilian warriors as Muslim, which is clearly a misinterpretation. Also the spelling "Moslems" is old fashioned and has been removed. The battle was largely won by northern Italian men-at-arms who disrupted the fleeing, unprepared Milanese and Cremonese troops exiting from Cortenuova at dawn. 2,000 German knights under Frederick is reasonable, considering the number of his allies and the presence of the Teutonic Knights; it is anyway possible that some of those knights were not German, but Hungarian, northern Italian or whatever. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 07:20, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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