title: The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704 (Men-at-Arms, Book 481)
author: Ignacio J.N. Lpez
description: This 48-page paperback succinctly traces the history of the tercio from its antecedents in early 16th-century campaigns in Italy to its decline and ultimate realignment into a regimental system in 1704. Readers will learn how Emperor Charles V formed the first tercios; their recruitment, training, organization and logistics; and the soldiers' duties and ranks. Full-color illustrations are combined with black and white photographs of artifacts from the Spanish Army Museum to show the foot soldiers' armor, weapons, clothing and flags while illuminating their tactics. <i>Toy Soldier &amp; Model Figure (January 2013)</i>
zlib_text: # CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII
  
  Preface 9  
  Relación de las Islas Filipinas (concluded) Pedro Chirino, S.J.;  
  Roma, 1604 2  
  Documents of 1604  
  
  Letters to Felipe III. Pedro de Acuña; Manila, July 15  
  and 19 221  
  Decrees regarding religious orders. Felipe III, and others;  
  Valladolid, February-July 246  
  Grant to the Jesuit seminary at Cebú. Pedro Chirino;  
  [undated; 1604?] 251  
  Decree regulating commerce with Nueva España. Felipe III;  
  Valladolid, December 31 256  
  
  Documents of 1605
  
  Complaints against the Chinese. Miguel de Benavides,  
  and others; Manila, February 3-9 271  
  Letter from a Chinese official to Acuña. Chincheo,  
  March 287  
  Letters from Augustinian friars to Felipe III. Estevan  
  Carillo, and others; Manila, May 4-June 20 292  
  Letter to Felipe III. Antonio de Ribera Maldonado; Manila,  
  June 28 307  
  
  Bibliographical Data 317
  
  ## ILLUSTRATIONS
  
  Autograph signature of Pedro Chirino, S.J.; photographic facsimile  
  from MS. in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 215  