European Military Rivalry, 15001750

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than two hundred years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim. It will be of great use to undergraduate students studying military history and early modern Europe.

Autorentext

Gregory Hanlon is a French-trained behavioural historian. His books include The Hero of Italy (2014), Italy 1636: Cemetery of Armies (2016), and Twilight of a Military Tradition: Italian aristocrats and European conflicts 1560-1800 (1998), winner of the Marraro Prize for Italian history.

Klappentext

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than two hundred years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim. It will be of great use to undergraduate students studying military history and early modern Europe.

Zusammenfassung
European Military Rivalry, 15001750: Fierce Pageant examines more than two hundred years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim. It will be of great use to undergraduate students studying military history and early modern Europe.

Inhalt

Preface; 1: Renaissance innovations; 2: Clash of civilizations 1550-1610; 3: Modern fortification and its impact; 4: French wars of religion 1561-1629; 5: Europe's first great war 1618-1659; 6: The age of military entrepreneurs; 7: The advent of standing armies and navies; 8: Ottoman wars in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries; 9: The wars against French ascendancy 1667-1714; 10: The classical campaign; 11: The classical siege in the age of Vauban; 12: The classical battle; 13: War finance in the classical age 1689-1720; 14: Conclusion: eighteenth-century continuity; Glossary; References; Index