The war people : a social history of common soldiers during the era of the Thirty Years War / Lucian Staiano-Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staiano-Daniels, Lucian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Regimental histories.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

War and society--Germany--History--17th century.

War and society.

Saxony (Germany)--History, Military--17th century.

Saxony (Germany).

Mansfeld Regiment--Military life.

Mansfeld Regiment.

Mansfeld, Wolfgang von, 1575-1638.

Mansfeld, Wolfgang von.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Lucian Staiano-Daniels uses the transnational story of a single regiment to examine how ordinary soldiers, military women, and officers negotiated their lives within the chaos and uncertainty of the seventeenth century. This pathbreaking book unifies the study of war and conflict with social history"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The War People

Display All Good Will and Keep Moving : The Mansfeld Regiment and the 1625-1627 Campaign

The Italian Dance : Early Modern Military Finance and the Mansfeld Regiment

Righteous Guys : Military Society

The Spinner-Lords of Saint Gallen : Small Group Cohesion and Military Social Networks as Seen Through a Theft of Fabric

The Kind of People I Know You Will Like : Social Structure in the Saxon Army and the Mansfeld Regiment

Elizabeth Sanner and the Dead Men : Mansfeld Interactions with Their Surroundings

To Be Happy Doing What You Want : The Death of Victoria Guarde and the Life of Theodoro de Camargo

Making it in This Thing : Money and Payment Within Saxon Regiments in the 1620s

And To My Son the Breaking Wheel : The Mansfeld Regiment Falls Apart

A Beautiful Regiment

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009428439

1009428438

9781009428392

100942839X

9781009428415

1009428411