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| AUTHOR: | Roger B. Manning |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| ISBN: | 0199261210 |
| TYPE: | British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700, Military life & institutions, Social history, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1600 to c 1700, History, History - General History, History: World, British Isles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Europe - Great Britain - General, Military - Other, History / Great Britain, 1603-1714, 17th century, Aristocracy (Social class), Great Britain, History, Military, Military art and science, Swordplay |
| MEDIA: | Hardcover |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Intelligent overview of a 'martial culture' The present book is quite unique in it's approach, I believe, since it attempts to describe for the first time, as far as I'm aware of, a global phenomenon inherent to human nature in a local (i.e. British) nuanced context. And I, for one, feel Dr. Manning has succeeded wonderfully well in conveying the general culturally minded condition soldiers in the era under scrutiny must have been in. As the main vehicle towards an understanding of the problem at hand, Dr. Manning uses primary sources in abundance, which at times poses the reader with the task of having to discern the trees from the forrest. A task requiring a certain amount of concentration and endurance. Nevertheless, when arriving at the end of the book after reading tirelessly for several days to a week, one is left with the keen sensation of having acquired useful knowledge and an urge to read more. The sequel Dr. Manning announces in a footnote on the last page will be an eagerly awaited one for people, like myself, who are interested in 'martial culture'.