Guidi Andrea. Books, People and Military Thought. Machiavelli's Art of War and the Fortune of the Militia in Sixteenth-Century Florence and Europe

Brill, 2020. — 314 p. — (Thinking in Extremes 3).Machiavelli's experience in organizing a Florentine militia shaped the composition of his book Art of War (1521), a book that is now less well known than The Prince, but that had a huge impact on sixteenth-century cultures of warfare. Comparisons and Relationships between Machiavelli’s 1506 Militia and the Ordinanza of 1528-1530. The Role of the New Militia Battalions in the Structure of the Florentine Army. Different Infantry Battle Techniques.