During the 17th century, technological evolutions in fortifications and arms meant that wars grew longer, armies larger, and military formations more disciplined. Yet, militias remained primarily mercenary; although armaments developed from the pike to the socket bayonet and uniforms began to appear, professionalism remained low. From the multifaceted conflicts of the Thirty Years' War to the campaigns of Louis XIV, a richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s--its conflicts and conduct, the rise of a standing army, the difficulties posed by reliance on paid soldiers, the changing weaponry, the politics overseeing it all, and the relentless world shift from ancient to modern.

Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (Smithsonian History of Warfare)

History

Childs, John

Military

Harper Paperbacks

During the 17th century, technological evolutions in fortifications and arms meant that wars grew longer, armies larger, and military formations more disciplined. Yet, militias remained primarily mercenary; although armaments developed from the pike to the socket bayonet and uniforms began to appear, professionalism remained low. From the multifaceted conflicts of the Thirty Years' War to the campaigns of Louis XIV, a richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s--its conflicts and conduct, the rise of a standing army, the difficulties posed by reliance on paid soldiers, the changing weaponry, the politics overseeing it all, and the relentless world shift from ancient to modern. A Selection of History Book Club.

History of Warfare: Warfare in the Seventeenth Century

Arts & Photography

Cassell

From the multi-faceted conflicts of the Thirty Years' War to the campaigns of Louis XIV, a richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s--its conflicts and conduct, the rise of a standing army, the difficulties posed by reliance on paid soldiers, the changing weaponry, the politics, and through it all, the relentless world shift from ancient to modern. During the 17th century, technological evolutions in fortifications and arms meant that wars grew longer, armies larger, and military formations more disciplined. Yet, militias remained primarily mercenary; although armaments developed from the pike to the socket bayonet and uniforms began to appear, professionalism remained low.

Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (History of Warfare)

World

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Army of Charles II (Study in Social History)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC

This is a description of how the Nine Years War affected the British Army, both in its actual operations in the theatre of war and in its size, operative capacity and costs. This war brought about radical changes in the sizes and the associated costs of the armies of Britain, France, Austria and the United Provinces in a relatively short period. For example, the size of field armies grew from an average of about 25,000 men during the Thirty Years' War to an average of about 100,000 men in 1695 during the Nine Years War. The costs of sustaining such huge field forces in terms of food, equipment and pay brought Britain and France, in particular, fiscal crisis and a shattered economy respectively, after the peace. The logistical effects of packing such large bodies of men into the small geographical area of the Spanish Netherlands was that the modus operandi of the fighting forces was changed to a more deliberately slow and methodical one. In order to offset some of the effects of this, the participants attempted indirect strategies such as the vigorous economic warfare that the French waged on the British and Dutch ports and the raids that the "Maritime Powers", the British and Dutch, made upon the French coasts.

The Nine Years' War and the British Army 1688-1697: The Operations in the Low Countries

Manchester Univ Pr

Between 1689 and 1697 the British army fought as a member of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV. Despite the military and political significance of the European conflict, this book is the first historical investigation for over a century dealing with the operations of the principal campaigns in the Low Countries. John Childs begins his comprehensive study by exploring the diplomatic origins of the Nine Years’ War. Leading on from this political background, the author then focuses on the detailed organisation of the British, Dutch and other allied armies and the conduct of the operations. The specific campaigns are also examined and in particular the author looks at the strategic and tactical role played by the British. This campaign and operational study of the British army will be of interest to both specialist and general military historians, as well as to political historians.

The Nine Years' War and the British army 1688–97: The operations in the low countries

Europe

Manchester University Press

Teaching Integrated Arts in the Primary School: Dance, Drama, Music, and the Visual Arts (Crabapples)

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Education & Teaching

Bloomfield, Anne

Schools & Teaching

David Fulton Publishers

General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke was closely involved in some of the most important events in British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689. With the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D. Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of his career, character, professional competence, politics and religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques and procedures.

General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army

Bloomsbury Academic

General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke was closely involved in some of the most important events in British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689. 
With the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D. Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of his career, character, professional competence, politics and religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques and procedures.

The numerous and incessant wars of the seventeenth century slowly led to conceptual and strategic breakthroughs that marked a path for modern warfare. Improvements in the design of fortifications and advances in firearms technology had subtle but far-reaching effects. This authoritative history provides an explanation of the battles and the changing landscape of military life.

Smithsonian Inst. Pr.

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Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (Smithsonian History of Warfare)

History of Warfare: Warfare in the Seventeenth Century

Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (History of Warfare)

Army of Charles II (Study in Social History)

The Nine Years' War and the British Army 1688-1697: The Operations in the Low Countries

The Nine Years' War and the British army 1688–97: The operations in the low countries

Teaching Integrated Arts in the Primary School: Dance, Drama, Music, and the Visual Arts (Crabapples)

General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army

General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army

Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (Smithsonian History of Warfare)