The Complete Soldier: Military Books and Military Culture in Early Stuart England, 1603-1645

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Year of Publication
2009
Contributors Author: David R. Lawrence
Language
Number of Pages
439 pp.
Publisher
Brill
City
Leiden, Netherlands
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ISBN
978-90-04-17079-7
Annotation
Contents: "Caesar to this present day of King James": military books and military culture, 1572-1603 "Companions of martiall noblenesse": military circles and books in early Stuart England "Practice put in press": the evolution of the English drill manual A few men rightly instructed to manage armes": the analytical treatise and infantry warfare "There is great need for reformation": military books and mounted warfare "Necessary bulwarks": siegecraft treatises in Early Stuart England Conclusion Appendix. Military books printed in English, 1603-1645