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Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms
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Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms
based upon a wide range of historical and literary sources, swordsmen is a scholarly study of the military experiences of peers and gentlemen from the british isles who volunteered to fight in the religious and dynastic wars of mainland europe from the english intervention in the dutch war ofindependence in 1585 to the death of the soldier-king william iii in 1702. this apprenticeship in arms exposed these aristocrats to the chivalric revival, the military revolution and the values of neostoicism, and revived the martial ethos of the english aristocracy and reinvigorated the martialtraditions of the irish and scots.
Productcode: 31778
Actors: Manning, Roger B
Category: BOOKS
SubCategories: HISTORY | MILITARY | EUROPE | GREAT BRITAIN - GENERAL; HISTORY | OTHER
Format: HARDCOVER
Year released: 03/2004