Uniforms of the Thirty Years War

Bibliography

By Bill Boyle


HISTORICAL WARGAMER MAGAZINE. AUG 1993
"Painting the 18th century." Charles C. Sharp
A good general article that does not directly relate, but worthwhile for ideas and the effects of weather on the dyes used.

MILITARY UNIFORMS OF THE WORLD. 1968. Blandford Press. London.
Don't look at the pictures first, read the text. A gold mine of information.

THE ART OF WAR IN THE AGE OF MARLBOROUGH. D. CHANDLER.
Page 85....

THE THIRTY YEARS WAR. G. PARKER.
Armies at Breitenfield in particular, page 92...
Also information on galls's troops, uniforms in general.

OSRPEY SERIES. Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Spain in Flanders, Irish.

EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE, 1618 to 1648. E. Wagner.
OCTOPUS PRESS. London.
City militas, Poles, Turks, Hussars, Light horse and officiers in particular. Don't pass up if you get the chance to buy. Many of the color drawings come right out of THEATRUM EUROPEAUM.

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. Wm. Johnson and C. Bell. Raider Books. Leeds. 1988.
The first edition was privately published in the USA and is better for the TYW than second edition because they removed some info not pertinent to the Napoleonic era.

RENAISSANCE ARMIES. G. Gush.
A little thin on info after 1600 but still very useful.

WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED.
Various issues.

THE ARMIES OF ELECTORAL SAXONY IN THE THIRTY YEARS WAR. Belarus.
Very detailed, all one would need for Saxony.

FRENCH ARMIES IN THE THITY YEARS WAR. N.Danskin.
A little thin on uniform colors but excellent on everything else. First rate.

SWORD OF SCANDINAVIA. R. Tarnstrom.
Surprisingly useful considering the broad scope of the book. Denmark well covered. some conclusions on Sweden not correct, but uniform info accurate.

GORGET AND SASH.
Lutzen issue.

ONE MILLION MERCENARIES.
Covers the Swiss.

SCENARIOS FOR WARGAMERS.
Issues 1 and 2. Sadly, the only issues. French well covered and some info on Spain.

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