Gregory Hanlon

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429768415
• Artikelnr.: 58937890

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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