Warriors for a Living: The Experience of the Spanish Infantry During the Italian Wars, 1494-1559

ISBN-13: 9789004337718 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Idan Sherer

Opis

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."