Warriors for a living : the experience of the Spanish infantry in the Italian wars, 1494-1559 / by Idan Sherer.

9789004337718 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004337718
9789004337725 (e-book)

Leiden, Boston : Brill, [2017]

©2017

English

1 online resource (303 pages) : color illustrations, maps.

DP77.5 .S47 2017

945/.07

"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.

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History of warfare ; volume 114.

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