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ecorcheurs
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ecorcheurs
The écorcheurs (French: [ekɔʁʃœʁ], lit. "flayers") were armed bands who desolated France in the reign of Charles VII, stripping their victims of everything, often to their very clothes.They were mercenaries without employment since the Treaty of Arras which ended disputes between the Armagnacs and Burgundians in 1435. Rodrigo de Villandrando was known as the "Emperor of Pillagers" (empereur des brigands) and "L'Écorcheur" (the flayer).
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Écorcheurs
The écorcheurs were armed bands who desolated France in the reign of Charles VII, stripping their victims of everything, often to their very clothes. They were mercenaries without employment since the Treaty of Arras which ended disputes between Armagnacs and Burgundian in 1435. Rodrigo de Villandrando was known as the "Emperor of Pillagers" and "L'Écorcheur".
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Ecorcheurs
armed bands who desolated France in the reign of Charles VII., stripping their victims of everything, often to their very clothes.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
ecorcheurs
(Flayers). A name given to bands of armed adventurers who desolated France and Belgium during the 15th century, beginning about 1435, and they at one time numbered 100,000. They are said to have stripped their victims to their shirts, and flayed the cattle. They were favored by the English invasion and the civil wars.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ecorcheurs in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ecorcheurs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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