Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650

The first truly international study of warfare at sea in the period 1500-1650. Commencing with the advent of gunpowder and the transformation of maritime trade, it focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the big battle fleets.

Informationen zum Autor Jan Glete is Lecturer in History at Stockholm University in Sweden, and his books include Navies and Nations: Warships, navies and state building in Europe and America, 1500-1860. Klappentext Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, Warfare at Sea focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the advent of the big battle fleets from the middle of the seventeenth century. The book also compares the social history of seamen and the early officer corps in several European countries and includes discussion on Spain, Portugal, France, Venice, the Ottoman Empire and the Baltic states. Zusammenfassung The first truly international study of warfare at sea in the period 1500-1650. Commencing with the advent of gunpowder and the transformation of maritime trade, it focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the big battle fleets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Maps, 1. Warfare at sea in European history, 2. Technology, tactics and strategy, 3. Seamen, soldiers and changing maritime societies, 4. States, organisations and maritime wars, 5. The Portuguese in maritime Asia, 14981600, 6. The Mediterranean: the failure of empires, 7. Maritime state formation and empire building in the Baltic, 8. War in Western Europe until 1560, 9. Atlantic warfare until 1603, 10. The first global war at sea, 16001650, 11. Conclusion, Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies, 15001650, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

Autorentext
Jan Glete is Lecturer in History at Stockholm University in Sweden, and his books include Navies and Nations: Warships, navies and state building in Europe and America, 1500-1860.

Klappentext

Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, Warfare at Sea focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the advent of the big battle fleets from the middle of the seventeenth century. The book also compares the social history of seamen and the early officer corps in several European countries and includes discussion on Spain, Portugal, France, Venice, the Ottoman Empire and the Baltic states.

Inhalt
Preface, Maps, 1. Warfare at sea in European history, 2. Technology, tactics and strategy, 3. Seamen, soldiers and changing maritime societies, 4. States, organisations and maritime wars, 5. The Portuguese in maritime Asia, 14981600, 6. The Mediterranean: the failure of empires, 7. Maritime state formation and empire building in the Baltic, 8. War in Western Europe until 1560, 9. Atlantic warfare until 1603, 10. The first global war at sea, 16001650, 11. Conclusion, Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies, 15001650, Notes, Select bibliography, Index