Renaissance War Studies

Author : J. R. Hale
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780907628026

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Renaissance War Studies by J. R. Hale Pdf

Beginning with the chapters on warfare in the first three volumes of the New Cambridge Modern History, Sir John Hale's writings on the subject present an original and rich assessment of war's place in Renaissance life and thought. The first section of this collection constitutes a major contribution to the study of Renaissance fortifications, their design, planning and execution, and their political as well as their military significance. The second deals with the recruitment and training of officers and men. In the third, contemporary reactions to war are analysed in a variety of social and intellectual contexts. The archival and literary sources drawn on are primarily Italian, in the second place English, but the imaginative scene is that of western Europe as a whole.

Author : John Rigby Hale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:640865321

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Renaissance War Studies by John Rigby Hale Pdf

Author : J. R. Hale
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1983-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826497925

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Renaissance War Studies by J. R. Hale Pdf

Beginning with the chapters on warfare in the first three volumes of the New Cambridge Modern History, Sir John Hale's writings on the subject present an original and rich assessment of war's place in Renaissance life and thought. The first section of this collection constitutes a major contribution to the study of Renaissance fortifications, their design, planning and execution, and their political as well as their military significance. The second deals with the recruitment and training of officers and men. In the third, contemporary reactions to war are analysed in a variety of social and intellectual contexts. The archival and literary sources drawn on are primarily Italian, in the second place English, but the imaginative scene is that of western Europe as a whole.

Author : John Rigby Hale,Hale
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0773517650

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War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 by John Rigby Hale,Hale Pdf

"Covering the years between the end of the Hundred Years War and the beginning of the Thirty Years War, this book explains the part played by war in the lives of individuals in the early modern phase of European history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526713773

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The Art of Renaissance Warfare by Stephen Turnbull Pdf

A history of the evolution of military technology among knights in Renaissance Europe from the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century. The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries—from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field. During this period, new technology on the battlefield posed deadly challenges for the mounted warrior; but they also stimulated change, and the knight moved with the times. Having survived the longbow devastation at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, he emerged triumphant, his armor lighter and more effective, and his military skills indispensable. This was the great age of the orders of chivalry and the freemasonry of arms that bound together comrades and adversaries in a tight international military caste. Men such as Bertrand du Guesclin and Sir John Chandos loom large in the pages of this book—bold leaders and brave warriors, imbued with these traditions of chivalry and knighthood. How their heroic endeavors and the knightly code of conduct could be reconciled with the indiscriminate carnage of the “chevauchee” and the depredations of the “free companies” is one of the principal themes of this informative and entertaining book.

Author : William Young
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : A Bibliography
ISBN : 9780595298747

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European War and Diplomacy, 1337-1815 by William Young Pdf

The history of international relations and warfare of early modern Europe has gained popularity in recent years. This bibliography provides a valuable listing of books, dissertations, and journal articles in the English language for scholars and general readers interested in diplomatic relations and warfare from the Hundred Years' War to the Napoleonic Wars.

Author : Gregory I. Halfond
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317024194

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The Medieval Way of War by Gregory I. Halfond Pdf

Few historians have argued so forcefully or persuasively as Bernard S. Bachrach for the study of warfare as not only worthy of scholarly attention, but demanding of it. In his many publications Bachrach has established unequivocally the relevance of military institutions and activity for an understanding of medieval European societies, polities, and mentalities. In so doing, as much as any scholar of his generation, he has helped to define the status quaestionis for the field of medieval military history. The Medieval Way of War: Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach pays tribute to its honoree by gathering in a single volume seventeen original studies from an international roster of leading experts in the military history of medieval Europe. Ranging chronologically from Late Antiquity through the Later Middle Ages (ca. AD 300-1500), and with a broad geographical scope stretching from the British Isles to the Middle East, these diverse studies address an array of critical themes and debates relevant to the conduct of war in medieval Europe. These themes include the formation and implementation of military grand strategies; the fiscal, material, and administrative resources that underpinned the conduct of war in medieval Europe; and religious, legal, and artistic responses to military violence. Collectively, these seventeen studies embrace the interdisciplinarity and topical diversity intrinsic to Bachrach’s research. Additionally, they strongly echo his conviction that the study of armed conflict is indispensable for an accurate and comprehensive understanding of medieval European history.

Author : John B. Hattendorf,Richard W. Unger
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0851159036

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War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by John B. Hattendorf,Richard W. Unger Pdf

"Wide-ranging in place and time, yet tightly focused on particular concerns, these new and original specialist articles show how observations on the early history of warfare based on the relatively stable conditions of the late seventeenth century ignore the realities of war at sea in the middle ages and renaissance. In these studies, naval historians firmly grounded in the best current understanding of the period take account of developments in ships, guns and the language of public policy on war at sea, and in so doing give a stimulating introduction to five hundred years of maritime violence in Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Bert S. Hall
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0801869943

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Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe by Bert S. Hall Pdf

Winner of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize from the Canadian Historical Association Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe explores the history of gunpowder in Europe from the thirteenth century, when it was first imported from China, to the sixteenth century, as firearms became central to the conduct of war. Bridging the fields of military history and the history of technology—and challenging past assumptions about Europe's "gunpowder revolution"—Hall discovers a complex and fascinating story. Military inventors faced a host of challenges, he finds, from Europe's lack of naturally occurring saltpeter—one of gunpowder's major components—to the limitations of smooth-bore firearms. Manufacturing cheap, reliable gunpowder proved a difficult feat, as did making firearms that had reasonably predictable performance characteristics. Hall details the efforts of armorers across Europe as they experimented with a variety of gunpowder recipes and gunsmithing techniques, and he examines the integration of new weapons into the existing structure of European warfare.

Author : Hunt Janin,Ursula Carlson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476612072

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Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by Hunt Janin,Ursula Carlson Pdf

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large number of vignettes portray their activities in Western Europe over a period of nearly 900 years, from the Merovingian mercenaries of 752 through the Thirty Years' War, which ended in 1648. Intended as an introduction to the subject and drawing heavily on contemporary first-person accounts, the book creates a vivid but balanced mosaic of the many thousands of mercenaries who were hired to fight for various employers.

Author : Pradeep Kumar Gautam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : India
ISBN : 8186019960

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The Need for Renaissance of Military History and Modern War Studies in India by Pradeep Kumar Gautam Pdf

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526713756

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The Art of Renaissance Warfare by Stephen Turnbull Pdf

The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field. During this period, new technology on the battlefield posed deadly challenges for the mounted warrior; but they also stimulated change, and the knight moved with the times. Having survived the longbow devastation at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, he emerged triumphant, his armor lighter and more effective, and his military skills indispensable. This was the great age of the orders of chivalry and the freemasonry of arms that bound together comrades and adversaries in a tight international military caste. Men such as Bertrand du Guesclin and Sir John Chandos loom large in the pages of this book - bold leaders and brave warriors, imbued with these traditions of chivalry and knighthood. How their heroic endeavors and the knightly code of conduct could be reconciled with the indiscriminate carnage of the 'chevauchée' and the depredations of the 'free companies' is one of the principal themes of this informative and entertaining book.

Author : Gary Sheffield
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826420701

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War Studies Reader by Gary Sheffield Pdf

Author : Andrea Guidi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004432000

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Books, People, and Military Thought by Andrea Guidi Pdf

Machiavelli’s experience in organizing a Florentine militia shaped the composition of his Art of War (1521), a book that is now less well known than The Prince, but that had a huge impact on sixteenth-century cultures of warfare.

Author : Michael Murrin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0226554031

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History and Warfare in Renaissance Epic by Michael Murrin Pdf

Michael Murrin here offers the first analysis to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the epic.