Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
signori della guerra
Inglese translation:
Condottieri
Added to glossary by
Juliet Halewood (X)
Feb 14, 2008 09:22
16 yrs ago
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Italiano term
Juliet Halewood (X)
signori della guerra
Da Italiano a Inglese
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Storia
Venezia invece affidò il compito di presidiare e di difende il territorio e il confine dell’Adda proprio a Bartolomeo Colleoni, divenuto nel frattempo uno dei più grandi “signori della guerra”.
Lords of war, masters of war?
Lords of war, masters of war?
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Silvestro De Falco
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Condottieri
This is the term used also in English. Check this Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condottieri
In my opinion the author is using improperly signori della guerra, or war lord. A war lord is a chief, a barron who battles with other chiefs and barrons for supremacy. Colleoni was a mercenary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condottieri
In my opinion the author is using improperly signori della guerra, or war lord. A war lord is a chief, a barron who battles with other chiefs and barrons for supremacy. Colleoni was a mercenary
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Jim Tucker (X)
: probably the most intelligent solution, perhaps supplemented by 'or "masters of war"' ; "warlord" has the wrong connotations
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paolamonaco
: la collocazione storica è decisamente questa.
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Katy Ferrari
: this fits best in the historical context
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Rachel Fell
: Condottieri, certainly, though I thought an alternative name/term to this was required
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Comment: "Thanks, Silvestro"
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Giulia D'Ascanio
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war lords
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Adele Oliveri
: proprio quello :-) credo si possa scrivere anche "warlord", un'unica parola.
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grazie mille, adele :)
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Luisa Dell'Angelo Custode
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grazie, Luisa :)
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Paul O'Brien
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thanks, Pauley :)
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simon tanner
: definitely used, but the one-word version is much more common (8,000,000 google hits against 400,000)
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yes, I didn't check if it was written as one or two words :(
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Maria Luisa Dell'Orto
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grazie, Maria Luisa!
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tinawizzy (X)
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grazie, Tina!
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warlords
my dictionary shows it as one word -- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate 11th
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Anthony Green
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simon tanner
: Yes, I would write it as one word
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Chiara Gavasso
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Maria Luisa Dell'Orto
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Jim Tucker (X)
: problem using this word in a historical context, as it did not enter the language until the mid-19th century
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Desiree Bonfiglio
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Tom in London
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the Lords of War
to be exact...
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Rachel Fell
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knights/gentlemen of war/battle
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I Signori della Guerra
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I Signori della Guerra. Cavalieri condottieri e soldati di ventura dal medioevo al rinascimento. Il 15 giugno 2005 verrà inaugurata a Palazzo Gattei di ...
www.cultura.marche.it/Modules/ContentManagment/Uploaded/CMI...
http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/biografie/colleon.htm
http://www.gradara-medievale.com/id/3209/15330.aspx
http://www.condottieridiventura.it/condottieri/c/0475 BA...
MEDIEVAL THOUGHT
Also, we will examine the effect of the Companies and condottieri; knights unemployed in the crusade who served either themselves as brigands or hired ...
www.molloy.edu/sophia/med_ren/med_text.htm - 72
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The Medieval European Knight vs. The Feudal Japanese Samurai
Will he be an Italian condottieri from 1450 resplendent in full regalia? ... The Western way of war for knights was directed more at a traditional battle of ...
www.thearma.org/essays/knightvs.htm - 87k -
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"Signori della Guerra" seems to be used as a term for them quite a lot
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Gemma Monco Waters
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masters of war
masters of war, courtesy of Bob Dylan or maybe better condottieri come dice Silvestro
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Gemma Monco Waters
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masters of war
I already wrote this, but apparently it did not reach you. Masters of war, courtesy of Bob Dylan or condottieri like Silvestro suggested
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