An apprenticeship in arms : the origins of the British Army 1585-1702 / Roger B. Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Roger B. (Roger Burrow)

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army--History--16th century.

Great Britain. Army.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This book explores the ways in which the diverse military experiences at home and abroad of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-455) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0199261490

OCLC:

62342033

Publisher Number:

9780199261499 (alk. paper)

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