Research Catalog

Title

Books for captains and captains in books : shaping the perfect military commander in Early Modern Europe / edited by Marco Faini and Maria Elena Severini.

Publication

• Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag ; Wolfenbüttel : Herzog August Bibliothek, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Faini, Marco
• Severini, Maria Elena
• Herzog August Bibliothek, host institution.

Description

191 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Series Statement

Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung, 0724-956X ; Band 32

Uniform Title

Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung ; Bd. 32.

Subjects

• Generals in literature > History > Congresses
• Armed Forces > Officers > In literature > History > Congresses
• Military art and science in literature > History > Congresses
• European literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism > Congresses
• Military art and science > Europe > History > 16th century > Congresses
• Military art and science > Europe > History > 17th century > Congresses

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Contributions in English and German.

Contents

1. 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.

Call Number

JFE 16-8131

ISBN

• 9783447104890 (hardbound)
• 3447104899 (hardbound)

LCCN

9783447104890

OCLC

949848988

Title

Books for captains and captains in books : shaping the perfect military commander in Early Modern Europe / edited by Marco Faini and Maria Elena Severini.

Publisher

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag ; Wolfenbüttel : Herzog August Bibliothek, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung, 0724-956X ; Band 32

Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung ; Bd. 32.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Contributions in English and German.

Added Author

Faini, Marco, editor, contributor.

Severini, Maria Elena, editor, contributor.

Herzog August Bibliothek, host institution.

Other Standard Identifier

9783447104890

Research Call Number

JFE 16-8131