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Arms and Letters: Military Life Writing in Early Modern Spain

Arms and Letters: Military Life Writing in Early Modern Spain

Harden, Faith S.

Hardcover

Series: Toronto Iberic

Literary CriticismGeneral Military HistorySpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 1487507046
ISBN13: 9781487507046
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Nov 10 2020
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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 selection of autobiographies in contemporary historical context - including the coalescing of the first modern armies, which were partially populated by forced recruits and the urban poor - Faith S. Harden explains how soldiers adapted the concept of honour and contributed to the burgeoning autobiographical form. Harden argues that Spanish military life writing took two broad forms: the first as a petition, wherein the soldier's service was presented as a debt of honour, and second, as a series of misadventures, staging honour as a spectacle that captivated an audience.

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