Jan Glete

Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 (eBook, PDF)

Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

"Warfare at Sea" is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Jan Glete places the history of warfare at sea within a readable, modern framework, bringing together historical research and analyzing questions on war, statebuilding, strategy and tactics, and economic and technological change. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and rapid transformation of maritime trade, the book focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the advent of 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. "Warfare at Sea" is essential reading for those interested in early modern history in general and in economic and naval history in particular.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134610792
• Artikelnr.: 42635924

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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
1498-1600
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
1600-1650
11. Conclusion
Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies
1500-1650
Notes
Select bibliography
Index