Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Published Works of Soldiers; 2 The Categories of Soldiers; 3 The Motivation of Soldiers; 4 The Experience of Soldiers; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography of Modern Sources; Index
Summary
In Conflict and Soldiers' Literature in Early Modern Europe, Paul Scannell analyses the late 16th-century and early 17th-century literature of warfare through the published works of English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers. The book explores the dramatic increase in printed material on many aspects of warfare; the diversity of authors, the adaptation of existing writing traditions and the growing public interest in military affairs. There is an extensive discussion on the categorisation of soldiers, which argues that soldiers' works are under-used evidence of the developing professionalism among
