Author: Sir James TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Pallas Armata, Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modern Art of War
Author: Sir James TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Pallas Armata, or Militarie Instructions for the Learned, and all generous spirits who affect the profession of Armes. The first part containing the Exercise of Infanterie, as well ancient, as moderne, etc
Author: Sir Thomas KellieCromwell's War Machine
Author: Keith RobertsPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781596794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
A historian of the English Civil Wars shares a fascinating study of the seventeenth century New Model Army, examining its formation, tactics, and significance. The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously researched and accessible new study, Keith Roberts describes how Cromwell's army was recruited, inspired, organized, trained, and equipped. He also sets its strategic and tactical operation in the context of the theory and practice of warfare in seventeenth-century Europe.
Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Author: Steve MurdochPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing both the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that led to Scottish involvement in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire. To the Scots, the war was linked to the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, rather than the politics of central Europe per se. In three sections, the 12 authors have illuminated the political processes that led to the participation of as many as 50,000 Scottish troops in the war. The official alliances of the Stuart regime, the independent diplomacy of the Scottish Parliament and the actions of numerous well placed individuals at various European courts are all shown to have had a bearing on this important episode of European history.
Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York
Author: Ralph ThoresbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leeds
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King
Author: Matthew GlozierPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047405382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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.
The English Master of Arms
Author: J.D. AylwardPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000907554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
First published in 1956, The English Master of Arms presents a fascinating chapter of social history, not merely of fencing. It was the common custom of gentlemen to bear arms, and the background to this custom is an important aspect of history of manners and conduct. Changes in social condition made the weapon an accessory to dress rather than a protective equipment; but the enthusiasm for the cult of arms increased. Amply encouraged, the Master of Arms brought his art ever nearer to perfection; at the same time, he became a recognised arbiter of conduct, for he insisted upon the exact observance of a strict code of honour, of courtesy, and of self-restraint. Essentially unassuming, he relied for his social influence upon his own example, and he seemed to his contemporaries such an unchanging unit in the established order of life that it did not occur to them to hand down their impressions to succeeding generations. This book is an effort to remedy their omission by recording from widely scattered sources the simple annals of the English Master of Arms, of how he emerged, established his schools, and taught his art.
Courage and Grief
Author: Mary Elizabeth AilesPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496204433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Courage and Grief illuminates in a nuanced fashion Sweden's involvement in Europe's destructive Thirty Years' War (1618-48). Focusing on the various roles women performed in the bloody and extended conflict, Mary Elizabeth Ailes analyzes how methods of warfare and Swedish society were changing in profound ways. This study considers the experiences of unmarried camp followers and officers' wives as well as peasant women who remained in the countryside during times of conflict and upheaval. Women contributed to the war effort in a variety of ways. On campaign they provided support services to armies in the field. On the home front they helped to minimize disruptions incurred within their frayed communities. As increasing numbers of men left to fight overseas, women took over local economic activities and defended their families' interests. Such activities significantly altered the fabric of Swedish society. Examining women's wartime experiences in the Thirty Years' War enhances our understanding of women's roles in society, the nature of female power and authority, and the opportunities and hardships that warfare brought to women's lives.
The Duel in Early Modern England
Author: Markku PeltonenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139436694
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Arguments about the place and practice of the duel in early modern England were widespread. The distinguished intellectual historian Markku Peltonen examines this debate, and show how the moral and ideological status of duelling was discussed within a much larger cultural context of courtesy, civility and politeness. The advocates of the duel, following Italian and French examples, contended that it maintained and enhanced politeness; its critics by contrast increasingly severed duelling from civility, and this separation became part of a vigorous attempt in the late seventeenth century and beyond to redefine civility, politeness and indeed the nature and evolution of Englishness. To understand the duel is to understand much more fully some crucial issues in the cultural and ideological history of Stuart England, and Markku Peltonen's study will thus engage the attention of a very wide audience of historians and cultural and literary scholars.
John Splendid
Author: Neil MunroPublisher: Outlook Verlag
ISBN: 3752411279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: John Splendid by Neil Munro