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It seems Erasmus and the like gave humanist education in classics and liberal arts. It also seems tactics were taught through childhood games, hunting, and archery contests. But what about the skill of high level strategy and grand strategy of leading men in battle, logistics, etc at the highest levels?
I read this wiki and followed up w several of the book references w no luck on military, operational or strategic
The great writers of antiquity, e.g. Vegetius. Basically, everything that survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire and that was preserved via medieval manuscripts.
As an example, this article on the logistics of the Anglo-Saxon kings makes an argument that what the kings actually did in terms of strategy follows the lines of thought that can be found in Vegetius and other antique authors.
Sorry for the broad answer, however, as it stands at the time of writing, the question is similarly broad.
