European Warfare, 1350–1750

Leading military historians illuminate the major developments in European warfare during a period of momentous technological, political and military change.

Frank Tallett (Edited by), D. J. B. Trim (Edited by)

9780521886284, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 January 2010

428 pages, 9 maps 2 tables
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.8 kg

'The contributors [are] uniformly among the leading scholars in their respective fields … Many of these essays are among the most lucid summaries of their sub-fields currently available … this is an extremely good volume of essays, one that benefits both from the high production quality and the inclusion of ten excellent maps. Accessible and yet of a rigorous intellectual standard, it is one that will undoubtedly fulfil its editors' wish to encourage conversation between the diverse students of military history.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

The period 1350–1750 saw major developments in European warfare, which not only had a huge impact on the way wars were fought, but also are critical to long-standing controversies about state development, the global ascendancy of the West, and the nature of 'military revolutions' past and present. However, the military history of this period is usually written from either medieval or early-modern, and either Western or Eastern European, perspectives. These chronological and geographical limits have produced substantial confusion about how the conduct of war changed. The essays in this book provide a comprehensive overview of land and sea warfare across Europe throughout this period of momentous political, religious, technological, intellectual and military change. Written by leading experts in their fields, they not only summarise existing scholarship, but also present new findings and new ideas, casting new light on the art of war, the rise of the state, and European expansion.

1. 'Then was then and now is now': an overview of change and continuity in late-medieval and early-modern warfare F. Tallett and D. J. B. Trim
2. Warfare and the international state system Kelly DeVries
3. War and the emergence of the State: Western Europe 1350–1600 Steven Gunn
4. From military enterprise to standing armies: war, state and society in Western Europe, 1600–1700 David Parrott
5. The State and military affairs in east-central Europe, 1380–c.1520s László Veszprémy
6. Empires and warfare in east-central Europe, 1550–1750: the Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry and military transformation Gábor Àgoston
7. Ottoman military organisation in south-eastern Europe, c.1420–1720 Rhoads Murphey
8. The transformation of army organisation in early-modern Western Europe, c.1500–1789 Olaf van Nimwegen
9. Aspects of operational art: communications, cannon and small war Simon Pepper
10. Tactics and the face of battle Clifford J. Rogers
11. Short-lived triumphs and long-term successes: naval warfare in Europe, c.1330–c.1680 Louis Sicking
12. Legality and legitimacy in war and its conduct, 1350–1650 Matthew Bennett
13. Conflict, religion and ideology D. J. B. Trim
14. Warfare, entrepreneurship and the fiscal-military State Jan Glete
15. War and State-building Ronald G. Asch.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]