The Irish in the Spanish armies in the seventeenth century /

It is well-known that many Irishmen who refused to submit to the English in the reigns of Elizabeth and the early Stuart kings, including the famous earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell, went to fight for the king of Spain, but what they did when they joined the Spanish armies is much less well-known. Thi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mesa, Eduardo de (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2014.
Collection:Irish historical monographs series ; 12.
Sujets:
1600-1699
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces.
Recruiting and enlistment.
Spain > Armed Forces > Ireland > History > 17th century.
Spain > Armed Forces > Ireland > Recruiting, enlistment, etc. > History > 17th century.
Ireland > History, Military > 17th century.
Ireland.
Spain.
History.
Military history.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Dr David Parrott; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Conventions; Introduction; The Irish Military Contingent in Flanders, 1605-44; 1. Origins, Composition and Strength; 2. Recruiting and Levies for the Irish Tercios in Flanders; 3. Irishmen in the War of Flanders, 1621-44; Plates and Maps; The Irish Tercios in the Peninsula, 1630-44; 4. An Urgent Need of Soldiers for Spain; 5. The War Experience of Tyrone's Tercio, 1638-42; 6. The Long Journey of Tyrconnell's Tercio, 1639-44; 7. The Irish in the War against Portugal, 1641-4.

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