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    Sir John Hawkwood made a remarkable discovery in the 14th century that people would rather pay "protection money" than have their livelihoods destroyed. [1] He settled near Florence, Italy with his band of soldiers, where he became known as Giovanni Acuto. [2] In times of war, he would hire out his soldiers to princes willing to pay high prices. [3] During times of peace, when business was slow, Hawkwood and his men would threaten cities and offer to spare them if paid off, effectively extorting "protection money" from them. [4] When he died at the age of 80, the Florentines gave him a state funeral in recognition of

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    Sir John Hawkwood made a remarkable discovery in the 14th century that people would rather pay "protection money" than have their livelihoods destroyed. [1] He settled near Florence, Italy with his band of soldiers, where he became known as Giovanni Acuto. [2] In times of war, he would hire out his soldiers to princes willing to pay high prices. [3] During times of peace, when business was slow, Hawkwood and his men would threaten cities and offer to spare them if paid off, effectively extorting "protection money" from them. [4] When he died at the age of 80, the Florentines gave him a state funeral in recognition of

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    Sir John Hawkwood made a remarkable discovery in the 14th century that people would rather pay "protection money" than have their livelihoods destroyed. [1] He settled near Florence, Italy with his band of soldiers, where he became known as Giovanni Acuto. [2] In times of war, he would hire out his soldiers to princes willing to pay high prices. [3] During times of peace, when business was slow, Hawkwood and his men would threaten cities and offer to spare them if paid off, effectively extorting "protection money" from them. [4] When he died at the age of 80, the Florentines gave him a state funeral in recognition of

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    PROB DE VERIFICARE A CUNOTINELOR DE LIMB ENGLEZ 30 MAI 2008

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    There was a time when the owners of shop and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for' protection' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue'.

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    Where did Sir John Hawkwood settle six hundred years ago? Whom did he hire soldiers to in times of war? When would he spare a city? How old was he when he died?

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