Black Company

The Black Company or the Black Troops (Schwarze Haufen) was a unit of Franconian farmers and knights that fought on the side of the peasants during the Peasants' Revolt in the 1520s, during the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

This article is about the 16th-century Franconian mercenary unit. For other uses, see Black company.
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