Papers presented at the conference 'Books for captains and captains in books : Italo-German conference on the training and image of the military leader during the Renaissance,' held at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Feb. 24-25, 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
4. The image of the 'soldier prince' in Florence and Turin in the second half of the sixteenth century / Virtus under fire : Renaissance leaders in a deadlier battlefield / Ilario Manfredini. "Armirte Wachsamkeit und militarische Verfassung" : Johann Nicolaus Flämizers Politico-militarischer Staats-Minister Oder vielmehr: Prudentia politico-militaris von 1688 / Wolfgang E.J. Weber -- 2. The library of the army commander : treatises, historiography and technical manuals. Military strategies versus "Humanae litterae" : the rules of Domenico Mora, chief of the army in 16th-century Poland / Valentina Lepri ; Marcantonio Gandino's Italian translation of Frontinus' Strategemata / Maria Elena Severini -- 3. Literary representations of the military chief. "Risistere alla furia de' cavagli e degli omini d'arme" : a lost book for a condottiere by Leonardo da Vinci / Marco Versiero ; The holy captain : military command and sacredness in the early-modern age / Marco Faini ; Goffredo and his army : the art of leadership in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata / Teodoro Katinis ; The heroisim of jests in Francesco Andreini's Le bravure del Capitano Spavento / Vittorio Tranquilli -- 4. Artistic representations of the military chief. The image of the 'soldier prince' in Florence and Turin in the second half of the sixteenth century / Ilario Manfredini.
Series:
Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung, 0724-956X ; Band 32
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