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16th century AD European soldiers in the Americas (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They really loosened the dress code in 1564

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Pants optional

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My Italian isn't great, but I'm pretty sure the upper-right soldier (with the arquebus) is French, and the first sentence says he's from one of the first French expeditions, to Florida and Georgia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Fixed the title!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

IIRC those red hats were more associated with Central and Eastern Europe, unlike Spain. France also has strong historical ties to it.