An edition of Books for captains and captains in books
(2016)
Books for captains and captains in books
shaping the perfect military commander in Early Modern Europe
by Marco Faini and Maria Elena Severini
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Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Harrassowitz Verlag,
Herzog August Bibliothek
Language
English
Pages
191
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Books for captains and captains in books: shaping the perfect military commander in Early Modern Europe
2016, Harrassowitz Verlag, Herzog August Bibliothek
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Table of Contents
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Comparison of ancient and modern models : the classical sources and their uses.
Virtus under fire : Renaissance leaders in a deadlier battlefield -- Gastone Breccia ;
"Armirte Wachsamkeit und militarische Verfassung" : Johann Nicolaus Flämizers Politico-militarischer Staats-Minister Oder vielmehr: Prudentia politico-militaris von 1688 -- Wolfgang E.J. Weber -- 2.
The library of the army commander : treatises, historiography and technical manuals.
Military strategies versus "Humanae litterae" : the rules of Domenico Mora, chief of the army in 16th-century Poland -- Valentina Lepri ;
Marcantonio Gandino's Italian translation of Frontinus' Strategemata -- Maria Elena Severini -- 3. Literary representations of the military chief.
"Risistere alla furia de' cavagli e degli omini d'arme" : a lost book for a condottiere by Leonardo da Vinci -- Marco Versiero ;
The holy captain : military command and sacredness in the early-modern age -- Marco Faini ;
Goffredo and his army : the art of leadership in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata -- Teodoro Katinis ;
The heroisim of jests in Francesco Andreini's Le bravure del Capitano Spavento -- Vittorio Tranquilli -- 4.
Artistic representations of the military chief.
The image of the 'soldier prince' in Florence and Turin in the second half of the sixteenth century -- Ilario Manfredini.
Edition Notes
Papers presented at the conference 'Books for captains and captains in books : Italo-German conference on the training and image of the military leader during the Renaissance,' held at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Feb. 24-25, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contributions in English and German.
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