Early Modern Military History, 1450-1815

by Geoff Mortimer

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Key military developments occurred in the Early Modern period, during which armies evolved from troops of medieval knights to Napoleon's mass levies. Firearms impelled change, necessitating new battlefield tactics and fundamentally altering siege and naval warfare. The size and cost of military forces expanded enormously, and new standing armies underpinned the growing absolutist power of princes. Academic experts from both sides of the Atlantic review...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1403906971

ISBN13:9781403906977

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:228 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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