Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in War and British Society c.790–2010.
Professional foreign soldiers hired to fight in an army in exchange for pay, rather than out of political loyalty.
Mercenaries appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Thematic Studies, especially War and British Society c.790–2010 and War c.790–c.1500.
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