The Arte of Warre

The Arte of Warre
Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 254
Release:
Genre: Military art and science
ISBN: 9781014020161

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The Arte of Warre

The Arte of Warre
Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1588
Genre: Military art and science
ISBN:

The Complete Soldier

The Complete Soldier
Author: David R. Lawrence
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004170790

The period 1603-1645 witnessed the publication of more than ninety books, manuals, and broadsheets dedicated to educating Englishmen in the military arts. Written with the intention of creating the a oecomplete soldiera, this didactic literature provided gentlemen with the requisite knowledge to engage in infantry, cavalry, and siege warfare. Drawing on military history and book history, this is the first detailed study of the impact of military books on military practice in Jacobean and Caroline England. Putting military books firmly in the hands of soldiers, this work examines the circles that purchased and debated new titles, the veterans who authored them, and their influence on military thought and training in the years leading up to the English Civil War.