TY - BOOK
T1 - Warriors for a living
T2 - the experience of the Spanish infantry in the Italian wars, 1494-1559
AU - Sherer, Idan
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103787890&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004337725
DO - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004337725
M3 - Book
SN - 9789004337718
T3 - History of Warfare
BT - Warriors for a living
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Leiden
ER -