Arms and Letters : : Military Life Writing in Early Modern Spain / / Faith S. Harden.

Arms and Letters analyses the unprecedented number of autobiographical accounts written by Spanish soldiers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These first-person retrospective works recount a range of experiences throughout the sprawling domain of the Hispanic monarchy. Reading a select...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Toronto Iberic
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Arms and Letters
  • 1 Virtue, Honour, and Exemplarity
  • 2 Professional Honour and the Production of Knowledge
  • 3 Spiritual Honour and Religious Authority
  • 4 Playing the Pícaro
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index