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In the old days, it seems like dissident nobles could just go into a province and "raise" an army. How exactly would someone in the middle ages or prior actually "raise" an army? Just hire mercenaries? Post flyers? Go door to door?

by /u/Vambrosek in /r/AskHistorians

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