Luca Stefano Cristini

In this book we will see how an army of Swiss militiamen, vastly inferior in numbers and weaponry, defeated the army of Archduke Leopold Ill, one of the most skilled military leaders of his time, a ma...

The frontispiece of this book, a beautiful example, depicts the Imperial coat of arms as it appeared in 1545, the year to which the copy we have consulted refers, during the reign of Charles V of Habs...

This book, show on two volumes, 151 colour plates of the French infantry before 1789 and other 11 plates always realized by the same artist: Felix Philippoteaux. All this plates derived from an our co...

This book, show on two volumes, 151 colour plates of the French infantry before 1789 and other 11 plates always realized by the same artist: Felix Philippoteaux. All this plates derived from an our co...

Our volume, the first in a series that we have chosen to entitle The Art of War of the Landsknechts in the Sixteenth Century, is the result of the collection and study of several contemporary works pu...

The German Landsknechte (German plural, singular Landsknecht), meaning servants of the land, were colourful mercenary soldiers with a redoubtable reputation, who took over the Swiss forces...

The reign of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) represents a decisive moment in the history of courtly representation in the Holy Roman Empire. No ruler of the German lands invested more systematically ...

Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms, this book representing the whole and original manual, on military platoon, & weapons exercise in 87...