Renaissance France at war : armies, culture and society, c.1480-1560 /
The `other' Renaissance experienced by France was that of war. In Italy from 1494 to 1529, for instance, France was involved in at least a hundred battles, some of them `batttles of giants' like Marignano. After 1530, though the emphasis partly shifted away from Italy and major battles wer...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2008.
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Colección: | Warfare in history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: France and its wars, 1494-1559
- 'One world is not enough' : kings, ministers and decisions on policy and strategy in Renaissance France
- The high command, planning and the army as a whole
- Cavalry and the nobility at war
- The birth of the French infantry
- Foreign mercenaries in the service of the king of France
- The artillery revolution, fortifications and siege warfare
- The field of battle
- 'The sinews of war' : military administration and finance
- The impact of war : supply, garrisons, logistics and the problem of disorder
- War, propaganda, history and public opinion
- War and Renaissance culture : music and the visual arts
- War, Renaissance culture and the literary world
- Conclusion: 'Until it fill the whole world?'