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Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2020-05-19
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ISBN-13: 9781913118846
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Organization, composition and history of the army of the Sublime Porte in the age of the maximum expansion of the Empire.
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781911628590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Army of Louis XIV is frequently depicted as being the apogee of the early modern standing army. It was large, well organised and the product of the French Absolutist Monarchy. However, since the beginning of the 17th century, the United Provinces pioneered important improvements in military administration and training and their army was long co
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781912866557
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Permanent armies became an organic feature of the Old Regime, a symbol of its power and strength, the means by which the prince could defend his interest and play an active role in the International policy. The Imperial Army represents an interesting laboratory, which involved the multicultural Habsburg's domains and the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire
Author: René Chartrand
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781911628606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Volume 1 of the Sun King's wars and armies goes from his early and turbulent years, from the resounding victory over Spain at Rocroi in 1643, the unstable years of the Fronde civil wars, his seizure of absolute power in 1661, his immediate control of national finances and armed forces, his measures to create the most effective army in Europe, the i
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2019-04-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781911628590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Army of Louis XIV is frequently depicted as being the apogee of the early modern standing army. It was large, well organised and the product of the French Absolutist Monarchy. However, since the beginning of the 17th century, the United Provinces pioneered important improvements in military administration and training and their army was long co
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2020-11-19
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781913336431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It has been a commonly held historical belief that in the second half of the 17th century, the Spanish army suffered such catastrophic defeats that it effectively brought about the collapse of the state as a major player on the European stage. The wars, fought out in Catalonia, Franche Comté, Flanders, and Italy, resulted in a series of substantial defeats for Spain. The forces of Louis XIV carried all before them. Spain's ability to fend off the French monarch's assault was not eased by the fact that, at the same time, Spain had faced the Portuguese in the Iberian Peninsula, the English in the Caribbean, the Algerians in Melilla, as well as further insidious French assault in southern Italy and in the colonies. In this regard, it would be more correct to consider this age as a period of resilience, rather than military defeats. Equally superficially, the Portuguese War of Independence too was considered as a peripheral conflict of minor interest, while it also involved France and England in addition to the countries directly concerned. The story, organization, uniforms, and equipment of the Spanish and Portuguese armies of this age are dealt for the first time in a single book, after archive's sources and unpublished iconography.
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Helion
Published: 2021-07-15
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781914059285
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was a commonplace that Italy offers little of interest to military historians after the full flower of the Renaissance, and that it had been deservedly forgotten.
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2023-03-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781915113573
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Italy was the third-largest country by population in the 17th century Europe. Italian states constituted good examples of fairly efficient governance machines, which developed many matters, included the 'Military'.
Author: Bruno Mugnai
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2024-04-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781804514474
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After the Peace of Westphalia, several German states developed a disciplined 'Military' that produced outstanding armies. Germany supplied mercenary troops to major and minor powers in Europe, and the military state, usually exemplified by Prussia, became a crucial part of German history. However, Germany was apparently weak and internally divided into a multitude of states that constantly faced a hostile environment formed by belligerent great powers. Moreover, the German 'Military' was the resultant system of collective security, internal conflict and resolution that allowed a rich variety of political traditions to coexist relatively harmoniously. This system tried to preserve Germany against formidable attacks without making it a danger to the security of its neighbors. In contrast to the political culture of later German states, that of the 'Reich' was inherently defensive, preferring peace to war in both domestic politics and external relations. The book deals with the armies of the German Empire for the first time in a single book, with unpublished iconography and after extensive research in the German archives. Praise for previous volumes of Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: 'This book is a must for anyone even partially interested in the Imperial army during the late seventeenth century. The level of detail must be highly commended, the author has gone to great lengths in researching this volume and it shows throughout the volume.' - Arquebusier 'This book is extremely detailed, and highly useful for historians, the inquisitive, war gamers and figure modelers.' - IPMS/USA
Author: Christy L. Pichichero
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1501712292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Military Enlightenment brings to light a radically new narrative both on the Enlightenment and the French armed forces from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Christy Pichichero makes a striking discovery: the Geneva Conventions, post-traumatic stress disorder, the military "band of brothers," and soldierly heroism all found their antecedents in the eighteenth-century French armed forces. Readers of The Military Enlightenment will be startled to learn of the many ways in which French military officers, administrators, and medical personnel advanced ideas of human and political rights, military psychology, and social justice.
