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Title: War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 by John Rigby Hale, Geoffrey Best ISBN: 0-8018-3196-2 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good survey of critical period in early modern history
Comment: War and Society attempts to explore the extent to which warfare affected social conventions and vice versa. The author explores a multitide of avenues: weaponry, politics, technological innovation, army composition, state finances, and impact on civilians. His conclusions are somewhat surprising at times, as he does not conclude that war had as great an impact on society as many believe. In fact, society had the greater impact on the conduct of warfare than strictly military factors.
A good amount of detail is provided on recruitment, both of leaders and soldiers, mercenaries, early modern taxation, and effects of warfare on the formation of governments (or lack thereof).
The weakness is that it is a very difficult book to read, with lots of words that will send you to the dictionary and sentences that last eight lines or so with 3 semicolons, 1 colon, and 7 commas. Despite that, if you are interested in getting a somewhat different view and style about the military-social relationships in early modern Europe, this is a good choice.
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Title: Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics by Bert S. Hall ISBN: 0801869943 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Military Revolution : Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker ISBN: 0521479584 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 18 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Renaissance at War by Thomas Arnold ISBN: 0304363537 Publisher: Cassell Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Old European Order, 1660-1800 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World) by William Doyle ISBN: 019820387X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Venice Reconsidered: The History and Civilization of an Italian City-State, 1297-1797 by John Jeffries Martin, Dennis Romano ISBN: 0801873088 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: 31 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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