White Company

This article is about the mercenary group. For other uses, see White Company (disambiguation).

The White Company (Italian: Compagnia Bianca del Falco) was a European free company (Italian: Compagnia di ventura) active during the 14th century. It was led from its arrival in Italy in 1361 to 1363 by the German mercenary Albert Sterz and later by the Englishman John Hawkwood. Although the White Company is the name by which it is popularly known, it was initially called the Great Company of English and Germans and would later often be referred to as the English Company (Italian: Compagnia degli Inglesi, Latin: Societas Angliciis).

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