Celtic Warfare, 1595-1763
Author : James M. Hill
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing Company
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 37,17 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Celts
ISBN : 9780751201758
Celtic Warfare, 1595-1763
Author : James Michael Hill
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 16,66 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
English Warfare, 1511-1642
Author : Mark Charles Fissell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1136349200
Book Description
English Warfare 1511-1642 chronicles and analyses military operations from the reign of Henry VIII to the outbreak of the Civil War. The Tudor and Stuart periods laid the foundations of modern English military power. Henry VIII's expeditions, the Elizabethan contest with Catholic Europe, and the subsequent commitment of English troops to the Protestant cause by James I and Charles I, constituted a sustained military experience that shaped English armies for subsequent generations. Drawing largely from manuscript sources, English Warfare 1511-1642 includes coverage of: *the military adventures of Henry VIII in France, Scotland and Ireland *Elizabeth I's interventions on the continent after 1572, and how arms were perfected *conflict in Ireland *the production and use of artillery *the development of logistics *early Stuart military actions and the descent into civil war. English Warfare 1511-1642 demolishes the myth of an inexpert English military prior to the upheavals of the 1640s.
Swordsmen
Author : Roger Burrow Manning
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199261215
Book Description
Based upon a wide range of historical and literary sources, Swordsmen is a scholarly study of the military experiences of peers and gentlemen from the British Isles who volunteered to fight in the religious and dynastic wars of mainland Europe from the English intervention in the Dutch war of independence in 1585 to the death of the soldier-king William III in 1702. This apprenticeship in arms exposed these aristocrats to the chivalric revival, the military revolution and the values of neostoicism, and revived the martial ethos of the English aristocracy and reinvigorated the martial traditions of the Irish and Scots.
War and Gender
Author : Joshua S. Goldstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521001809
Book Description
Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured understanding of how gender affects war and vice versa. In this authoritative and lively review of our state of knowledge, Joshua Goldstein assesses the possible explanations for the near-total exclusion of women from combat forces, through history and across cultures. Topics covered include the history of women who did fight and fought well, the complex role of testosterone in men's social behaviours, and the construction of masculinity and femininity in the shadow of war. Goldstein concludes that killing in war does not come naturally for either gender, and that gender norms often shape men, women, and children to the needs of the war system. lllustrated with photographs, drawings, and graphics, and drawing from scholarship spanning six academic disciplines, this book provides a unique study of a fascinating issue.
Redcoats
Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 2006-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521675383
Book Description
In the last decade, scholarship has highlighted the significance of the Seven Years War for the destiny of Britain's Atlantic empire. This major 2001 study offers an important perspective through a vivid and scholarly account of the regular troops at the sharp end of that conflict's bloody and decisive American campaigns. Sources are employed to challenge enduring stereotypes regarding both the social composition and military prowess of the 'redcoats'. This shows how the humble soldiers who fought from Novia Scotia to Cuba developed a powerful esprit de corps that equipped them to defy savage discipline in defence of their 'rights'. It traces the evolution of Britain's 'American Army' from a feeble, conservative and discredited organisation into a tough, flexible and innovative force whose victories ultimately won the respect of colonial Americans. By providing a voice for these neglected shock-troops of empire, Redcoats adds flesh and blood to Georgian Britain's 'sinews of power'.
Transcultural Wars
Author : Hans-Henning Kortüm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 3050049952
Book Description
Eine von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft getragene Forschergruppe an der Universität Regensburg untersucht seit einigen Jahren im Rahmen einer Neuen Militärgeschichte "Formen und Funktionen des Krieges im Mittelalter". Im März 2004 wurde auf einer international und interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Fachtagung, organisiert von Mitgliedern der Regensburger Forschergruppe zusammen mit dem Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, versucht, traditionelle Epochengrenzen, wie sie zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit nach wie vor bestehen, zu überwinden. Die Tagungsbeiträge werden in diesem Band veröffentlicht.
Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King
Author : Matthew Glozier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047405382
Book Description
The Journal of Muslims in Europe welcomes articles dealing with contemporary issues of Islam and Muslims in Europe from all disciplines and across the whole region, as well as historical studies of relevance to the present. The focus is on articles offering cross-country comparisons or with significant theoretical or methodological relevance to the field. Case studies with innovative approaches or under-explored issues and studies of policy and policy development in the various European institutions, including the European courts, and transnational movements and social and cultural processes are also welcome. The journal also welcomes book reviews.
European Warfare, 1660-1815
Author : Professor Jeremy Black
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,44 MB
Release : 2023-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1000948927
Book Description
This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.; This book is intended for broad-based undergrad courses on 18th century Europe/Britain and the Ancien Regime. 2nd and 3rd year thematic courses on warfare in the modern period, and students of war studies.
Revisiting 1759
Author : Phillip Alfred Buckner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442612428
Book Description
This cohesive collection investigates many of the most hotly contested questions surrounding the Conquest: Was the battle itself a crucial turning point, or just one element in the global struggle between France and Great Britain? Did the battle's outcome reflect the superior strategy of General James Wolfe or rather errors on both sides? Did the Conquest alter the long-term trajectories of the French and British empires or simply confirm patterns well underway? How formative was the Conquest in defining the new British America and those now living under its rule?"--Pub. desc.
