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Matchlocks to Flintlocks. Warfare in Europe and Beyond

Door William Urban

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#212522
Titel
Matchlocks to Flintlocks. Warfare in Europe and Beyond
Auteur
Urban, William
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Frontline Books, London
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1848326289
ISBN13
9781848326286
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
In the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions. One was Latin Christian western Europe. Another was Ottoman Islam. The third, no less vital for so often being overlooked, was east–central Europe: Poland/Lithuania, Livonia, Russia, the freebooting Cossacks, a volatile mix of variations on a general Christian theme.

William Urban's fascinating narrative is an integrated account of early modern war at the sharp end: of campaigns and battles, soldiers and generals. Temporally it extends from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to Austria's Balkan victories culminating in the 1718 Treaty of Peterwardein. Geographically it covers ground from the Low Countries to the depths of the Ukraine.

That narrative i
... (Lees verder)n turn focuses Urban's major analytical points: the replacement of "crowd armies' by professionals, and the professionals' integration into crown armies: government-supervised, bureaucratized institutions. The key to this process was the mercenary. Originally recruited because the obligations of feudal levies were too limited, mercenary forces evolved operationally into skilled users of an increasingly complex gunpowder technology in ever more complex tactical situations. By the end of the seventeenth century, soldiers were identifying with the states and the rulers they served.
Pagina's
278
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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