The Art of War is a treatise by the Italian Renaissance political philosopher and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was Machiavelli's on
Peter Whitehorne's 1573 translation of The Art of War
Gustavus Adolphus
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Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. He is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power. During his reign, Sweden b
The Art of War (Machiavelli book)
…basic notion of emulating Roman practices was slowly and pragmatically adapted by many later rulers and commanders, most notably Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. In the course of the sixteenth century twenty-one editions appeared and it was translated into French, English, German, and Latin. Montaigne named…
Portrait attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel, 1624
Gustav Adolf's parents, King Charles IX and Queen Christina
Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld in 1631
Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen by Carl Wahlbom (1855)