Image: Novara 1500

Description: Ludovico il Moro is handed over by his Swiss mercenaries (left) to the French forces (on the right) in the standoff at Novara in 1500. The French army also had a strong contingent of Swiss mercenaries. The Swiss soldiers on both sides refused to fight each other, and finally the French king agreed to let Lodovico's Swiss troops retreat peacefully. However, the agreement did not cover Ludovico himself. His Swiss mercenaries disguised him as one of their own and tried to smuggle him away with them, but he was recognized and had to be turned over. The Swiss later tried one of their own for having betrayed Ludovico for money. Ludovico died 1508 in French custody.
Title: Novara 1500
Credit: Image from the Amtliche Luzerner Chronik of Diebold Schilling the Younger. This reproduction was scanned from Meyer, F.: Schweizergeschichte von der Bundesgründung bis Marignano, Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Thurgau, Frauenfeld 1976. No ISBN.
Author: Diebold Schilling the Younger
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