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 of independence 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 martial traditions of the Irish and Scots.

Author: Roger B. Manning
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01/15/2004
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.54w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780199261215

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 554

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