Legnano

Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ordered to raze the most important of the medieval municipalities: Milan, which was at the crossroads of trade between the maritime republics and the heart of Europe. The Milanese witnessed the destruction of their city swearing vengeance. They reunited with many other municipalities in the Lombard League and faced the mighty army of imperial knights under the protection of the pope.

The emperor’s army was strong, made up of heavily armed knights. The Lombard league, on the other hand, was based on infantry, an infantry, however, of a new type, no longer the peasants armed with…