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Durando06 Jun 2017 3:24 a.m. PST

I am seeking books or detailed pictures of Italian states armies for the period 1620-47, especialy any info on the wars of Castro. All info greatfully recieved

GurKhan06 Jun 2017 3:57 a.m. PST

One obvious choice (for C17 Italy generally) is Gregory Hanlon's stuff:
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Durando06 Jun 2017 5:38 a.m. PST

I was not aware of those books so thank you, the main focus of my interest are the Italian armies in the Castro wars especialy uniform information. Details such as the Papal forces etc

GurKhan06 Jun 2017 6:23 a.m. PST

The book on Odoardo (third link) seems from the amazon preview to have some mention of the supply of uniform clothing for the Parma forces – on a page that's not included in the preview…

1ngram06 Jun 2017 11:24 p.m. PST

Interesting titles but what horrific prices!

Ryan T07 Jun 2017 8:10 p.m. PST

I have been able to take a look at two of the three books by Hanlon.The Twilight of a Military Tradition has a section on the Castro War on pages 134 to 142. It lists some troop strengths but has no orders of battle or uniform descriptions.

When I examined The Hero of Italy I was more interested in any mention of tactics, but on pages 83-84 was the following concerning the uniforms of the Duke of Parma's army:

"One novel piece of kit was the uniform tunic, which the chronicler Boselli saw for the first time in July 1635, as the city was filling up with contingents ready to take the field. The duke's own regiment of 1,000 men wore green tunics (casache) [cassocks?], while later contingents of both horse and foot, numbering 1,000 men, wore similar yellow garments. A year previously, similar tunics had been distributed to soldiers hired in Castro on the instructions of Francesco Serafini, who apparently laid great store by them."

I am waiting for a response to my inter-library loan request for Italy 1636: Cemetery of Armies, but so far nothing has yet turned up. And at the prices I see for these books I doubt that I will be adding them to my library.

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