Table of Contents

Abbreviations .. ix
Note on Dates .. xi
Illustrations .. xiii
Acknowledgements .. xvii


Introduction .. 1

Chapter One “Caesar to this Present day of King James”: Military Books and Military Culture, 1572–1603 .. 19

Chapter Two “Companions of Martiall Noblenesse”: Military Circles and Books in Early Stuart England .. 73

Chapter Three “Practice put in Press”: The Evolution of the English Drill Manual .. 135

Chapter Four “A few men rightly instructed to manage Armes”: The Analytical Treatise and Infantry Warfare .. 195

Chapter Five “There is Great Need for Reformation”: Military Books and Mounted Warfare .. 261

Chapter Six “Necessary Bulwarks”: Siegecraft Treatises in Early Stuart England .. 313

Conclusion .. 371


Appendix: Military Books Printed in English, 1603–1645 .. 375
Selected Bibliography .. 393

About the Author

David R. Lawrence, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Toronto, is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Toronto and in the Renaissance Studies Program at Victoria College, University of Toronto.