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From Freelance Knights to Freelance Writers

March 1, 2021 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

The word “freelance” was invented in the early 1800s to describe unaffiliated knights or soldiers from centuries earlier. Medieval mercenaries weren’t attached to any particular lord, king, or queen. With their lances, swords, and battle-axes in hand, they would sign on to fight for whomever had the coin to pay them, for however short a […]

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