Mercenary peoples were absorbed and erased by the absolute state

Evidence

Whether it was the hot, late summer, or the strange food, or the strong red wines, there was a steadily lengthening sick-list and since invalids left behind were likely to be knocked on the head by the justifiably irritated peasantry the long unsoldierly trains of wagons, loaded with plunder, were further burdened with men unfit to march. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 377 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rulers used foreign mercenaries to suppress rebellious subjects; Armies composed of mercenaries and marginals predate modern states; Stranded mercenary invalids were commonly killed by resentful French peasants — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 377 (+3 more)

Related

• Stranded mercenary invalids were commonly killed by resentful French peasants (similarity 0.86)
• Mutineers who chose to leave the camp were fired upon and slaughtered (similarity 0.79)
• Armies composed of mercenaries and marginals predate modern states (similarity 0.79)
• Napoleon’s Grande Armée also suffered from corruption, looting and pay arrears (similarity 0.79)
• States absorbed the autonomous regions that had supplied their mercenaries (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Stranded mercenary invalids were commonly killed by resentful French peasants #exemplifies (0.80) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 377