| Evidence: | Gabriel Harvey's favourite authors on warfare, listed in his copy of Machiavelli, "The Arte of Warre", after 1595:
'Mie principal Autors for Warr, after much reading, & long consideration: [...] For the Art, Vegetius, Machiavel & Sutcliff: for Stratagems, Gandino, & Ranzovius: for Fortification, Pyrotechnie, & engins, Tetti, & Digges [Stratioticos]: for the old Roman most worthie Discipline & Action, Caesar: for the new Spanish, & Inglish excellent Discipline & Action, Sir Ro[ger]: Williams.' |
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| Century: | 1500-1599, 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Gabriel Harvey |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1545 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer/Academic |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Marco Antonio Gandino |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Military strategy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9560 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia F. Stern | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 163 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia F. Stern, Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library (Oxford, 1979), p. 163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9560, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
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