Die Schneckenformation der Landsknechte und die Entwicklung der Feuerwaffentaktik von Maximilian I. zu Elisabeth I.

What is it about?

This is a detailed study of the formation of the snail as a particular drill formation coming in use among lansquenets late in the fifteenth century and remaining characteristic of them up to the Thirty Years War. It represents an early attempt to introduce regulated forms of bodily behaviour at the initiative of warrior bands themselves.

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Why is it important?

This article is an early attempt to integrate the history of military drill into the general history of the body.