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Author | : Thomas F. Arnold |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780304363537 |
With the dawning of the Renaissance came technological and social advances that changed forever the art of warfare. Rich with anecdotal detail, a compelling and comprehensive narrative by an expert military historian transports you to the midst of the action as it examines the strategies, campaigns, prominent figures, and key conflicts of the age. From artillery and fortifications to military leadership, from cavalry tactics to the new infantry, from the Crusades to the guerrilla wars in late 16th-century France, penetrating cultural, tactical, and technical analyses plus numerous illustrations, maps, and charts paint a full portrait of Renaissance warfare.
Author | : Thomas Arnold |
Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780060891954 |
The Renaissance at War Toward the end of the fifteenth century, modern artillery and portable firearms became the signature weapons of European armies, radically altering the nature of warfare. The new arms transformed society, too, as cities were built and rebuilt to limit the effects of bombardment by cannon. This book follows these far-reaching changes in comprehensive and fascinating detail and demonstrates how the innovations of the Renaissance paved the way to further changes in warfare. An in-depth technical look at the weaponry of the age and the tactical drills that honed the skills of Renaissance soldiers The epic wars abroad between Western Christians and the Muslim Turks Civil strife at home between despotic rulers and rebellious forces Kingly duels that play out on an international stage
Author | : Thomas Arnold |
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Release | : 2000 |
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ISBN | : 9781552781753 |
Author | : Thomas Arnold |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2006-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780060891954 |
The Renaissance at War Toward the end of the fifteenth century, modern artillery and portable firearms became the signature weapons of European armies, radically altering the nature of warfare. The new arms transformed society, too, as cities were built and rebuilt to limit the effects of bombardment by cannon. This book follows these far-reaching changes in comprehensive and fascinating detail and demonstrates how the innovations of the Renaissance paved the way to further changes in warfare. An in-depth technical look at the weaponry of the age and the tactical drills that honed the skills of Renaissance soldiers The epic wars abroad between Western Christians and the Muslim Turks Civil strife at home between despotic rulers and rebellious forces Kingly duels that play out on an international stage
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Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Europe |
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Author | : Thomas Arnold |
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Release | : 2003-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781552783351 |
Author | : David Potter |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843834057 |
The rulers of Renaissance France regarded war as hugely important. This book shows why, looking at all aspects of warfare from strategy to its reception, depiction and promotion.
Author | : Christon I. Archer |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780803244238 |
This book provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage of warfare across times and cultures. Its main strengths are its ability to provide context for each period discussed, comparison between developments in Europe, Asia, and the colonized world, and critical and up-to-date bibliographies that allow the reader to pursue subjects in greater depth. - Jacket flap.
Author | : Brewer Paul |
Publisher | : Raintree |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History of warfare |
ISBN | : 9780817254445 |
Describes the widespread changes in the conduct of war that occurred in the 200 years between the beginning of the sixteenth century and the end of the seventeenth century.
Author | : Michael Murrin |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 1997-06-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780226554051 |
Although the Renaissance epic was the principal literary means of representing war in its time, modern readers of the epic often lack a basic understanding of the history of warfare. Michael Murrin here offers the first analysis to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the epic. Analyzing English, Italian, and Iberian epics published between 1483 and 1610, Murrin focuses on particular aspects of warfare (cavalry clashes, old and new style sieges, the tactical use of the gun, naval warfare) and the responses to them by authors from Malory to Milton. Throughout, Murrin traces a parallel development in the art of war and in the epic as it emerged from the romance. Murrin demonstrates that with new technology and increasing levels of carnage, the practice of war gradually drifted from traditional epic modes. But before changes in warfare completely doomed the tradition in which the epic was rooted, this crisis provoked an unprecedented range of experiment which marks heroic narrative in the late Renaissance and ultimately led to the epic without war. A much-needed introduction to the neglected subject of warfare in epic literature, this work is an uncommonly wide-ranging exercise in comparative criticism that will appeal to historians and students of literature alike.