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RT Clint Warren-Davey (@Clint_Davey1)Imagine growing up in Extremadura, Spain, in the early 16th century.It was a frontier region, on the border with Muslim Spain for centuries.Hot, dusty summers. Freezing winters.Landlocked, poor, harsh.Like a Spanish Wild West.Full of impoverished noble's sons who were suddenly out of work as the Reconquista had ended.Men who had trained with sword, lance and crossbow since childhood.Some earned their pay fighting as mercenaries in Italy.Many of them heard the news of the ...