Nieuwpoort 1600

Author : Bouko de Groot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472830821

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Nieuwpoort 1600 by Bouko de Groot Pdf

The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against each other: Maurice of Nassau and Archduke Albert VII. One led an unproven new model army, the other Spain's 'unbeatable' Tercios, each around 11,000-men strong. The Dutch wanted to land near Nieuwpoort, take it and then march on to Dunkirk, northern home port of the Spanish fleet, but they were cut off by the resurgent and reunited Spanish army. The two forces then met on the beach and in the dunes north of Nieuwpoort. This book uses specially commissioned artwork to reveal one of the greatest battles of the Eighty Years' War – one whose influence on military theory and practice ever since has been highly significant.

Author : Fernando González de León
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004170827

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The Road to Rocroi by Fernando González de León Pdf

Combining approaches and insights from cultural, social and military history this study traces the evolution and decline of the Spanish officer corps and general staff during the Eighty Years War in connection with contemporary trends such as modernization and aristocratization.

Author : Philip S. Gorski
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226304861

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The Disciplinary Revolution by Philip S. Gorski Pdf

What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, control through incarceration, and bureaucratic office-holding, Calvin and his followers created an infrastructure of religious governance and social control that served as a model for the rest of Europe—and the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004476356

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Exercise of Arms by Anonim Pdf

The great European conflict known as the Thirty Years War was only the final phase of a war in the Netherlands which was to last 80 years. In the course of this the Dutch rose up successfully against their Spanish rulers and established a Republic in the early 16th century which was the envy of its contemporaries. This volume brings together papers by 11 leading military historians from the Netherlands who discuss the processes by which the Dutch organised and financed the military apparatus which was eventually to defeat the leading land and maritime power of their day, and to maintain the position of Holland as a world power until well into the 18th century. Articles cover military matters such as changes in strategy and tactics and issues such as the financing of the war, effort, the navy, privateering and the arms trade.

Author : PiaF. Cuneo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351576437

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Animals and Early Modern Identity by PiaF. Cuneo Pdf

Animals were everywhere in the early modern period and they impacted, at least in some way, the lives of every kind of early modern person, from the humblest peasant to the greatest prince. Artists made careers based on depicting them. English gentry impoverished themselves spending money on them. Humanists exercised their scholarship writing about them. Pastors saved souls delivering sermons on them. Nobles forged alliances competing with them. Foreigners and indigenes negotiated with one another through trading them. The nexus between animal-human relationships and early modern identity is illuminated in this volume by the latest research of international scholars working on the history of art, literature, and of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany, France, England, Spain, and South Africa. Collectively, these essays investigate how animals - horses, dogs, pigs, hogs, fish, cattle, sheep, birds, rhinoceroses, even sea-monsters and other creatures - served people in Europe, England, the Americas, and Africa to defend, contest or transcend the boundaries of early modern identities. Developments in the methodologies employed by scholars to interrogate the past have opened up an intellectual and discursive space for - and a concomitant recognition of - the study of animals as a topic that significantly elucidates past and present histories. Relevant to a considerable array of disciplines, the study of animals also provides a means to surmount traditional disciplinary boundaries through processes of dynamic interchange and cross-fertilization.

Author : Brendan Dooley,Alexander Samuel Wilkinson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004689831

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Exciting News! by Brendan Dooley,Alexander Samuel Wilkinson Pdf

International tragedies, national disgraces, and local dangers: reporting can magnify trauma. But how can we gain a deeper analytical understanding of episodes seemingly too immediate for detached observation by our sources or even, perhaps, by ourselves? This volume brings together a broad range of current research in Europe and abroad, regarding an issue of crucial importance for understanding past cultures and our own. Papers discuss the ramifications of media-induced anxiety and anxiety-induced mediality, engaging the humanities, including history, film studies, literature, folklore, creative writing and adjacent fields intersected by sociology, politology, psychology, & anthropology. News media here include all means of mass communication impinging on daily experience, from books to music, from the social web to films, on multiple platforms and in multiple languages across municipal, state, and regional boundaries.

Author : David Parrott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521514835

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The Business of War by David Parrott Pdf

This book offers a substantial reconsideration of early modern warfare and its relationship to the power of the state.

Author : Ignacio J.N. López
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780968735

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The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704 by Ignacio J.N. López Pdf

A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries. Arguably the first permanent tactical formation seen in Europe since the Roman cohort, the tercio was the forerunner of modern formations such as the battalion and regiment. The variety of different weapons fielded in the tercio meant the Spanish infantry could resist opposing cavalry forces while overcoming every kind of enemy infantry deployed against them. Featuring full-colour artwork and photographs of rare items held at the Spanish Army Museum, this study covers the whole period during which the tercios were active, opening with the third Italian war between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Emperor and concluding with the final transformation of the Spanish tercios into regiments in 1704.

Author : Mark Charles Fissell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136349133

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English Warfare, 1511–1642 by Mark Charles Fissell Pdf

English Warfare 1511-1642 chronicles and analyses military operations from the reign of Henry VIII to the outbreak of the Civil War. The Tudor and Stuart periods laid the foundations of modern English military power. Henry VIII's expeditions, the Elizabethan contest with Catholic Europe, and the subsequent commitment of English troops to the Protestant cause by James I and Charles I, constituted a sustained military experience that shaped English armies for subsequent generations. Drawing largely from manuscript sources, English Warfare 1511-1642 includes coverage of: *the military adventures of Henry VIII in France, Scotland and Ireland *Elizabeth I's interventions on the continent after 1572, and how arms were perfected *conflict in Ireland *the production and use of artillery *the development of logistics *early Stuart military actions and the descent into civil war. English Warfare 1511-1642 demolishes the myth of an inexpert English military prior to the upheavals of the 1640s.

Author : Professor Dennis Showalter
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782741213

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Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 by Professor Dennis Showalter Pdf

The Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 – the third volume in the Encyclopedia of Warfare Series – includes the wars of the Ottoman Empire, the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) that decimated much of central Europe and the Seven Years’ War and many more.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1638 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : PURD:32754083038863

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : DK Publishing
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780756673413

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Commanders by DK Publishing Pdf

Commanders focuses on the greatest leaders in naval, field, and aerial warfare. From Alexander the Great's conquest of the known world to the generals leading today's campaigns in Afghanistan, the book casts new light on the leaders who have forged history on the battlefield. Famous historical commanders, such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Horatio Nelson, are considered in depth, along with their subordinates and enemies. Commanders from outside the Western tradition are also examined, including the great Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Native American, and African leaders. Chapter introductions contextualize the entries by explaining who fought whom and why, and individual stories bring the history to life. Catalog information gives an at-a-glance overview of each commander's life, and each section provides a timeline, key data, and a psychological profile outlining the commander's strengths and weaknesses. Images will include paintings of battles, battlefield maps, as well as the commanders' weapons, vehicles, and personal effects.

Author : Bouko de Groot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819154

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Dutch Armies of the 80 Years’ War 1568–1648 (2) by Bouko de Groot Pdf

Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility. They controlled a vast colonial empire that stretched across the Americas and the Pacific, and held considerable territories in Europe, centring on the so-called 'Spanish Road'. The Dutch War of Independence (also known as the 80 Years' War) was a major challenge to their dominance. The Dutch army created by Maurice of Nassau used innovative new tactics and training to take the fight to Spain and in so doing created a model that would be followed by European armies for generations to come. The second in a two-part series on the Dutch armies of the 80 Years' War, focuses on the cavalry, artillery and engineers of the evolving armies created by Maurice of Nassau. Using specially commissioned artwork and photographs of historical artefacts, it shows how the Dutch cavalry arm, artillery, and conduct of siege warfare contributed to the long struggle against the might of the Spanish Empire.

Author : Brian Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441168801

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Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe by Brian Davies Pdf

In terms of resource mobilization and devastation the wars between Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were some of the largest of the 18th century, and had enormous consequences for the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Brian Davies examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats and to determine under what circumstances and in what ways Russian military power experienced a "revolution" awarding it clear preponderance over the Ottoman-Crimean system. A central part of Davies' argument is that identifying and explaining a Military Revolution must involve examining the role of factors not purely military. One must look not only at new military technology, new force and command structure, new tactical thinking, and new recruitment and military finance practices but also consider the impact of larger demographic, economic, and sociopolitical changes.

Author : Mark Fissel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110657593

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The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs by Mark Fissel Pdf

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become. This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.