The Spanish Tercio's Greatest Victory: Cerignola 1503

Before the tercios became the terror of Europe, they had to be invented. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the blood-soaked fields of Cerignola, where Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba — the Great Captain — rewrote the rules of warfare. It's April 1503, and the Spanish army, outnumbered and exhausted, faces the French under the Duke of Nemours. What happens next will echo for a century. We talk pikes and arquebuses, the birth of the pike-and-shot formation, the shocking death of a French noble, and the tactical gamble that made Spain the continent's superpower. We also trace the Great Captain's earlier campaigns in Naples, where he learned the hard way that cavalry charges don't work against entrenched musketeers. If you've ever wondered why the Spanish tercio became legendary, this is the story of its first great test — and the man who made it possible. #Cerignola1503 #GonzaloFernandezdeCordoba #GreatCaptain #SpanishTercio #PikeAndShot #RenaissanceWarfare #Naples #DukeOfNemours #ItalyWars #SpanishEmpire #History #FexingoHistory #Europe #MilitarHistory #15thCentury #16thCentury #BattleOfCerignola #Architecture Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo