@article{961068, author = {Sharar, ʻIdan,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/961068}, title = {Warriors for a living : the experience of the Spanish infantry in the Italian wars, 1494-1559 /}, abstract = {"In Warriors for a Living, Idan Sherer examines the experience of the Spanish infantry during the formative period of the Italian Wars. Decades of clashes between Spain and France transformed Italy into a crucible of military tactics and technology and brought about the emergence of the Spanish infantry tercios as Europe's finest military force for more than a century. From their recruitment, through the complexities of everyday life in the army and culminating in the potential brutality of soldiering, the book offers a fresh and much needed exploration, analysis and, at times, reconsideration of what it meant to be a professional soldier in early modern Europe."--Provided by publisher.}, recid = {961068}, pages = {1 online resource (303 pages) :}, }