I don't have clear ideas about Ser Lionello The term 'condottiere' (plural: condottieri) generally refers to a later period of Italian history, when wars were left to the care of hired soldiers and captains of fortune, between the end of XV and the XVI century.
Oh, that is true...but there was an English knight, Sir John Hawkwood, who fought for hire in 14th century Italy and made a good living at it; died 1394.
The term 'condottiere' (plural: condottieri) generally refers to a later period of Italian history, when wars were left to the care of hired soldiers and captains of fortune, between the end of XV and the XVI century.