"The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704 (Men-at-Arms)..." Topic
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| coryfromMissoula | 11 Feb 2012 6:20 p.m. PST |
Seems like an awfully long period to cover in one book. |
| EagleSixFive | 12 Feb 2012 6:30 a.m. PST |
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| Tercio Idiaquez | 13 Feb 2012 9:59 a.m. PST |
Greetings from Spain.
First at all I want beg your pardon with my spanglish (Donīt worry the book is in perfect english…:)
Iīm one of the author of the book "The spanish Tercios, 1.536-1.704". I donīt know why but the surname is wrong in the web talking about the book. Thatīs our second surname. I think that this books can be an excellent opportunity to fill a gap in the english language books about the Tercios.
There are too many errors in the books I have read, and in most of them, they talk about this theme in a very briefly way. So, I want to thank to Osprey the opportunity to talk about these great military units, with a dispassionate point of view.
We have used a lot of primary sources and we think that itīs a good work. Well, I canīt say otherwise…:)
I hope the book likes everybody.
Cheers. |
| Tercio Idiaquez | 13 Feb 2012 11:34 a.m. PST |
Well, itīs clear that the size of an Men at arms title, only can be an introduction to the theme, and with the period covered (1.536-1.704, a lot of time) itīs only possible to talk about general information.
Despite that we think that itīs a good approximation to these great military units.
There is one "world exclusive" (a new information, that until today the historicians have written in a wrong way, and we can show with the primary source in hand).
The plates choosen are interesting (at least for me… ? and the photos from the new re-opened spanish army museum are great. Well, this summer weīll leave the doubts :) |
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