Jan Glete: 2 books
Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650
Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, Warfare at Sea focuses on the scope and limitations of war...
War and the State in Early Modern Europe
Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden as Fiscal-Military States
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. War and the State in Early Modern Europe examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe.
This important study...