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
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.
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