Warriors for a Living
Subtitle: The Experience of the Spanish Infantry During the Italian Wars, 1494-1559
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789004337718
Subjects: Spain, military policy; Italy, history; Spain, relations, foreign countries
Description: "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."--Provided by publisher.