The Complete Soldier

Military Books and Military Culture in Early Stuart England, 1603-1645
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-17079-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 881 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

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 “complete soldier”, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations. ix
Note on Dates. xi
Illustrations. xiii
Acknowledgements. xvii

Introduction. 1

Chapter One “Caesar to this Present day of King James”: Military Books and Military Culture, 1572–1603. 19

Chapter Two “Companions of Martiall Noblenesse”: Military Circles and Books in Early Stuart England. 73

Chapter Three “Practice put in Press”: The Evolution of the English Drill Manual. 135

Chapter Four “A few men rightly instructed to manage Armes”: The Analytical Treatise and Infantry Warfare. 195

Chapter Five “There is Great Need for Reformation”: Military Books and Mounted Warfare. 261

Chapter Six “Necessary Bulwarks”: Siegecraft Treatises in Early Stuart England. 313

Conclusion. 371

Appendix: Military Books Printed in English, 1603–1645. 375
Selected Bibliography. 393

Über Autor(innen)

David R. Lawrence, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Toronto, is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Toronto and in the Renaissance Studies Program at Victoria College, University of Toronto.