Binding: Paperback
Description: In this latest addition to the War & Conflict Through the Ages series Brian Sandberg offers a truly global examination of the intersections between war culture and society in the early modern period. He traces the innovative military technologies and practices that emerged around 1500, exploring the different forms of warfare including dynastic war religious warfare raiding warfare and peasant revolt that shaped conflicts during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He explains how significant social economic and political developments transformed warfare on land and at sea at a time of global imperialism and growing mercantilism forcing states and military systems to respond to rapidly changing situations. Engaging and insightful War and Conflict in the Early Modern World will appeal to scholars and students of world history the early modern period and those interested in the broader relationship between war and society.
Title: War And Conflict In The Early Modern World 1500 - 1700
Author(s): Sandberg Brian
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745646039
Pages: 284 Pages
Publication Date: 6/27/2016
Series: War and Conflict Through the Ages
Category: Military History