Renaissance military memoirs : war, history, and identity, 1450-1600

Resource Information

The work Renaissance military memoirs : war, history, and identity, 1450-1600 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Renaissance military memoirs : war, history, and identity, 1450-1600

Title remainder

war, history, and identity, 1450-1600

Statement of responsibility

Yuval Noah Harari

Creator

• Harari, Yuval N

Author

• Harari, Yuval N

Subject

• Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
• Renaissance -- Biography | History and criticism
• Soldiers -- Biography | History and criticism
• Europe -- History, Military -- 1492-1648
• Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- 16th century

Language

eng

Summary

This is a study of autobiographical writings of Renaissance soldiers. It outlines the ways in which they reflect Renaissance cultural, political and historical consciousness, with a particular focus on conceptions of war, history, selfhood and identity. A vivid picture of Renaissance military life and military mentality emerges, which sheds light on the attitude of Renaissance soldiers both towards contemporary historical developments such as the rise of the modern state, and towards such issues as comradeship, women, honor, violence, and death. Comparison with similar medieval and twentieth-century material highlights the differences in the Renaissance soldier's understanding of war and of human experience

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

355/.0094/09024

Index

index present

LC call number

U54.E85

LC item number

H37 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries