War and Conflict in the Early Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Brian Sandberg is Associate Professor of History at Northern Illinois University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Innovative Warfare, 1450s-1520s Chapter 2: Maritime Conflict and Colonial Expansion, 1490s-1530s Chapter 3: Schism and Social Conflict, 1510s-1560s Chapter 4: Dynastic War and State Development, 1520s-1580s Chapter 5: Noble Violence, 1520s-1620s Chapter 6: Sectarian Violence and Religious Warfare, 1560s-1640s Chapter 7: Raiding Warfare, 1580s-1640s Chapter 8: Peasant Revolt and Rural Conflict, 1590s-1650s Chapter 9: Ethnic Conflict, 1620s-1660s Chapter 10: Rebellion and Civil Warfare, 1630s-1660s Chapter 11: Mercantile War, 1630s-1690s Chapter 12: Territorial War, 1660s-1700s Conclusion: c. 1700* Notes...

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Brian Sandberg is Associate Professor of History at Northern Illinois University

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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.

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• Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Innovative Warfare, 1450s-1520s Chapter 2: Maritime Conflict and Colonial Expansion, 1490s-1530s Chapter 3: Schism and Social Conflict, 1510s-1560s Chapter 4: Dynastic War and State Development, 1520s-1580s Chapter 5: Noble Violence, 1520s-1620s Chapter 6: Sectarian Violence and Religious Warfare, 1560s-1640s Chapter 7: Raiding Warfare, 1580s-1640s Chapter 8: Peasant Revolt and Rural Conflict, 1590s-1650s Chapter 9: Ethnic Conflict, 1620s-1660s Chapter 10: Rebellion and Civil Warfare, 1630s-1660s Chapter 11: Mercantile War, 1630s-1690s Chapter 12: Territorial War, 1660s-1700s Conclusion: c. 1700 Notes