Arquebus Men of IronNorthern Italy and especially Milan at the end of the 15th century was the brutal focal point for power and control between France and the Imperialist empires of Venice and Spain. And the battles fought for this prize are a record of the changing face of how war was fought. At the start of the 'war', the main forces were mounted men at arms and a tightly packed and closed formation of pike, especially as represented by the Swiss. But as battle churned