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English[en]
The fact that infantry could defeat the invincible French cavalry proven in Ceriñola by Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, thus opening the possibility for a new military unity, aside from the Tercios, manned by mercenary soldiers substituting the knights in their traditional role as the main weapon, would not remain unknown to the king ́s designs.
Spanish[es]
No sería ajeno al designio de los reyes que Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba demostrara en Ceriñola que la infantería podía derrotar a la, hasta entonces, invencible caballería francesa, lo que abrió la puerta a una nueva unidad militar: los Tercios de soldados mercenarios, que sustituirán a los caballeros como arma principal.