If I may add few things about Elise's misinformation. Back in 1490s, Italy wasn't a nation. That didn't happened until 1850s. Italy in 1490s was subdivided into various independent city states, often in constant warfare. Even the Pope had his own little nation called the Papal States. It was not unusual for Italians back then to offered their services to larger and more powerful Christian powers around Italy, like Spain, France or the Hapsburgs. They do so to escape the unending warfare in Italy. There is nothing wrong back then, for Italians to escaped the chaos of  constant warfare and take service in foreign lands. Don't Elise support the refugees of today??