SUB Hamburg A/582196 Men-at-Arms • 48 The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704 Ignacio & Ivan Notario Lopez Illustrated by Gerry & Sam Embleton Series editor Martin Windrow IGNACIO JOSE NOTARIO L6PEZ and IVAN NOTARIO CONTENTS L6PEZ were born in Madrid, in 1969 and 1973, and both are soldiers in the Spanish Army, in infantry and cavalry INTRODUCTION 3 respectively. They have served • The Ordinances of the 1490s several tours of duty in the • El Gran Capitan and the Italian Wars Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo) and Afghanistan, with a number of assignments in CHRONOLOGY 8 different armoured and mechanized regiments. Their historical interests are 'THE OLD TERCIOS' 11 particularly focused on the • The Ordinance of Genoa, 1536 - the Tercios Viejos of Sicily, military history of Spain. Naples and Lombardy GERRY EMBLETON has UNIT ORGANIZATION 12 been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, • Evolution, 1536-1704 and has illustrated and written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects over more than 20 years. He is an internationally MILITARY RANKS & DUTIES 14 respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular. He lives in RECRUITING, TRAINING & LOGISTICS 18 Switzerland, where since 1988 he has also become • Beating for recruits - transit - allocation - instruction well known for designing and • Logistics: food — weapons and ammunition — the 'Spanish Road' creating life-size historical MORALE 21 figures for museums. His son SAM EMBLETON is also an • Esprit de corps: honour and loyalty - discipline - mutinies - illustrator, and this is their disbandment tenth joint project for Osprey. EQUIPMENT 34 • Pikes - polearms - swords - arquebuses - muskets - armour TACTICS 37 • Formations • The Tercio in battle CLOTHING 40 • Everyday dress - field signs - the first uniforms FURTHER READING 43 PLATE COMMENTARIES 43 INDEX 48.