- Publisher:
- Boydell & Brewer
- Online publication date:
- September 2012
- Print publication year:
- 2004
- Online ISBN:
- 9781846152382
- Subjects:
- Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
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This is a study of autobiographical writings of Renaissance soldiers. It outlines the ways in which they reflect Renaissance cultural, political and historical consciousness, with a particular focus on conceptions of war, history, selfhood and identity. A vivid picture of Renaissance military life and military mentality emerges, which sheds light on the attitude of Renaissance soldiers both towards contemporary historical developments such as the rise of the modern state, and towards such issues as comradeship, women, honor, violence, and death. Comparison with similar medieval and twentieth-century material highlights the differences in the Renaissance soldier's understanding of war and of human experience.
A fine monograph [...] well-organized and well-written. [...] Dr Harari is to be congratulated for a clear and effective treatment of a body of work which will surely spawn further research into the chimera of battlefield experience.'
Source: De Re Militari
Resting on a large corpus of evidence, carefully sifted and digested, it is informative and historiographically provocative.'
Source: English Historical Review
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