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A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national of a Party to the conflict and "is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party".
During the later Middle Ages, Free Companies (or Free Lances) were formed, consisting of companies of mercenary troops. Nation-states lacked the funds needed to maintain standing forces, so they tended to hire free companies to serve in their armies during wartime. Such companies typically formed at the ends of periods of conflict, when men-at-arms were no longer needed by their respective governments.
Mercenaries troops in medieval times formed because there was contracts to be had. The feudal system of europe worked on the principle that each noble swore fealty to the one above him in a direct line to the king. Part of the fealty required that each noble, at the kings request, would be required to field a certain number of Knights, peasants and equipment for war. At some point (1000-1200?) it became acceptable to send money to the king instead. The king would then use this money to hire troops. This worked great for everyone involved because it allowed the Nobility to stay and manage their lands and leave their people working them. The King liked it because he could hire a much more professionally skilled full-time soldier. In fact, our modern system of taxation is derived from this system of paying to the king in money instead of service.
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