Description |
1 online resource (xix, 439 pages) : illustrations |
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History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 53 |
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History of warfare ; v. 53.
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Contents |
Abbreviations; Note on Dates; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One "Caesar to this Present day of King James": Military Books and Military Culture, 1572-1603; Chapter Two "Companions of Martiall Noblenesse": Military Circles and Books in Early Stuart England; Chapter Three "Practice put in Press": The Evolution of the English Drill Manual; Chapter Four "A few men rightly instructed to manage Armes": The Analytical Treatise and Infantry Warfare; Chapter Five "There is Great Need for Reformation": Military Books and Mounted Warfare |
Summary |
The period 1603-1645 witnessed the publication of more than ninety books, manuals, and broadsheets dedicated to educating Englishmen in the military arts. Drawing on military history and book history, this title presents a study of the impact of military books on military practice in Jacobean and Caroline England |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-415) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army fast |
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Military art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Military education -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Books and reading -- England -- History -- 17th century
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Early printed books -- England -- 17th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- Pictorial.
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Books and reading
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Early printed books
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Military art and science
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Military education
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Druckwerk
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Armee
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Militärausbildung
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Buch
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056838
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England
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Great Britain
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England
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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History
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Military history
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008035395 |
ISBN |
9789047424109 |
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9047424107 |
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1282400045 |
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9781282400047 |
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9786612400049 |
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6612400048 |
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