European warfare, 1350-1750 / edited by Frank Tallett and D.J.B. Trim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tallett, Frank, editor.

Trim, D. J. B. (David J. B.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Europe--History--To 1500.

Military art and science.

Military art and science--Europe--History--16th century.

Military art and science--Europe--History--17th century.

Military art and science--Europe--History--18th century.

State, The--History.

State, The.

Revolutions--Europe--History.

Revolutions.

Europe--History, Military.

Europe.

Europe--History, Military--1492-1648.

Europe--History, Military--1648-1789.

Europe--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 394 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The period 1350-1750 saw major developments in European warfare, which not only had a huge impact on the way wars were fought, but also are critical to long-standing controversies about state development, the global ascendancy of the West, and the nature of 'military revolutions' past and present. However, the military history of this period is usually written from either medieval or early-modern, and either Western or Eastern European, perspectives. These chronological and geographical limits have produced substantial confusion about how the conduct of war changed. The essays in this book provide a comprehensive overview of land and sea warfare across Europe throughout this period of momentous political, religious, technological, intellectual and military change. Written by leading experts in their fields, they not only summarise existing scholarship, but also present new findings and new ideas, casting new light on the art of war, the rise of the state, and European expansion.

Contents:

"Then was then and now is now" : an overview of change and continuity in late-medieval and early-modern warfare / Frank Tallett and D.J.B. Trim

Warfare and the international state system / Kelly DeVries

War and the emergence of the state : Western Europe, 1350-1600 / Steven Gunn

From military enterprise to standing armies : war, state, and society in Western Europe, 1600-1700 / David Parrott

The state and military affairs in East-Central Europe, 1380-c.1520s / László Veszprémy

Empires and warfare in East-Central Europe, 1550-1750 : the Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry and military transformation / Gábor Àgoston

Ottoman military organisation in South-Eastern Europe, c.1420-1720 / Rhoads Murphey

The transformation of army organisation in early-modern Western Europe, c.1500-1789 / Olaf van Nimwegen

Aspects of operational art : communications, cannon, and small war / Simon Pepper

Tactics and the face of battle / Clifford J. Rogers

Short-lived triumphs and long-term successes : naval warfare in Europe, c.1330-c.1680 / Louis Sicking

Legality and legitimacy in war and its conduct, 1350-1650 / Matthew Bennett

Conflict, religion, and ideology / D.J.B. Trim

Warfare, entrepreneurship, and the fiscal-military state / Jan Glete

War and state-building / Ronald G. Asch.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-73983-4

1-107-21152-2

1-282-52587-5

9786612525872

0-511-80627-2

0-511-67797-9

0-511-67671-9

0-511-68120-8

0-511-68318-9

0-511-67922-X

OCLC:

609860351