Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Origins c.1070–1095.
The dangerous shift from relying on a national army of citizens to hiring expensive, often unreliable foreign troops.
Mercenary dependence appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The First Crusade (c.1070–1100), especially Origins c.1070–1095 and Byzantine Empire.
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