Renaissance war studies. (©1983)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.R. Hale.
• Other Names: Hale, J. R (John Rigby), 1923-1999
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface ; 1 The Early Development of the Bastion: an Italian Chronology c. 1450- c. 1534; 2 The End of Florentine Liberty: the Fortezza da Basso; 3 Tudor Fortifications, 1485-1558; 4 Francesco Tensini and the Fortification of Vicenza; 5 The First Fifty Years of a Venetian Magistracy the Proweditori die Fortezze ; 6 To Fortify or not to Fortify? Machiavelli''s Contribution to a Renaissance Debate; 7 The Argument of some Military Title Pages of the Renaissance; II. TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT ; 8 The Military Education of the Officer Class in Early Modern Europe. 9 On a Tudor Parade Ground: the Captain''s Handbook of Henry Barrett, 156210 Military Academies ont the Venetian Terraferma in the Early Seventeenth Century; 11 Men and Weapons: the Fighting Potential of Sixteenth-Century Venetian Galleys; III. CONTEMPORARY REACTIONS TO WAR ; 12 Sixteenth-Century Explanations of War and Violence; 13 War and Public Opinion in Renaissance Italy; 14 Gunpowder and the Renaissance: an Essay in the History of Ideas; 15 The True Shakespearean Blank; 16 Printing and the Military Culture of Renaissance Venice; 17 Andrea Palladio, Polybius and Julius Caesar.
• Publisher Details: London : Hambledon Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Copyright Date: 1983
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 524 pages, 88 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 355/.02/094; Military art and science -- Europe -- History; War -- History; Renaissance; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; Military art and science; Renaissance; War; Renaissance; Militär; Aufsatzsammlung; Art et science militaires -- 16e siècle; Art et science militaires -- 15e siècle; Guerre -- 16e siècle; Guerre -- 15e siècle; Art et science militaires -- Europe -- Histoire -- 16e siècle; Fortifications -- Europe -- 16e siècle; Guerre -- Aspect social -- 16e siècle; Oorlogvoering; Renaissance; Krieg; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780826497925; 0826497926
• Related ISBNs: 0907628028; 9780907628026; 0907628176; 9780907628170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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