Bourc Carlat

The bourc Carlat, a mercenary captain. ‘The name ‘bourc’, a word used in Southern France for a bastard son, often of a noble family, occurs frequently among members of the mercenary companies, and the number of bastards in their ranks is significant’.

Bibliographic References:

Kenneth Fowler, Medieval Mercenaries I: The Great Companies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), p. 10.

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