The Renaissance Drill Book

by David J. Blackmore and Jacob De Gheyn

Jacob de Gheyn's Exercise of Armes was an immense success when first published in 1607. It is a fascinating seventeeth-century military manual, designed to instruct contemporary soldiers how to handle... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185367561X
• ISBN13: 9781853675614
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A reprint of an old sergeant's drill manual

This book contains Jacob De Gheyn's (1565-1629) engravings covering the drills of three different weapons: caliver (a light smooth-bore gun), musket (a heavy smooth-bore gun), and pike (a 4-5 m long spear). For each weapon De Gheyn gives pictures of each step of their official drill. This book is for a very specialized audience. Apart from a two-page introduction it doesn't have anything other than the woodcuts. If you are looking for an indepth insight on warfare in the 30-Year War era, this is not the right book. However, if you are interested in high-quality pictures of the 17th century soldiers brandishing their weapons, then this is the right book.