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1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 276 pages)
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ISBN:
9781846151712
Content:
This volume is both a restatement of current interpretations of sea power in the middle ages and the Renaissance and a general introduction to naval and maritime history over four and a half centuries. The book offers broad conclusions on the role and characteristics of armed force at sea before 1650, conclusions that exploit the best current understanding of the medieval period. The examination of naval militias in the Baltic, permanent galley fleets in the Mediterranean, contract fleets and the use of reprisal for political ends all illustrate the variety and complexity of naval power and domination of the sea in theyears from 1000 to 1650. The detailed and closely coordinated studies by scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia show patterns in war at sea and discuss the influence of the development of ships, guns, and the language of public policy on maritime conflict. The essays show the importance and unique character of violence at sea in the period. Contributors: JOHN B. HATTENDORF, NIELS LUND, JAN BILL, TIMOTHY J. RUNYAN, IAN FRIEL, JOHN H. PRYOR, LAWRENCE V. MOTT, JOHN DOTSON, MICHEL BALARD, BERNARD DOUMERC, MARCO GEMIGNANI, FRANCISCO CONTENT DOMINGUES, LOUIS SICKING, JAN GLETE, N.A.M. RODGER, RICHARD W. UNGER
Content:
Theories of naval power: A.T. Mahan and the naval history of medieval and renaissance Europe / John B. Hattendorf -- Naval force in the Viking age and high medieval Denmark / Niels Lund -- Scandinavian warships and naval power in the 13th and 14th centuries / Jan Bill -- Naval power and maritime technology during the hundred years' war / Timothy J. Runyan -- Oars, sails, and guns: the English and war at sea, c. 1200-1500 / Ian Friel -- Byzantium and the sea: Byzantine fleets and the history of the empire in the age of the Macedonian emperors, c. 900-1025 CE / John H. Pryor -- Iberian naval power, 1000-1650 / Lawrence V. Mott -- Venice, Genoa, and control of the seas in the 13th and 14th centuries / Michel Balard -- An exemplary maritime republic: Venice at the end of the middle ages / Bernard Doumerc -- The navies of the Medici: the Florentine navy and the navy of the sacred military order of Saint Stephen, 1547-1648 / Marco Gemignani -- The state of Portuguese naval power in the 16th century / Francisco Contendo Domingues -- Naval power in the Netherlands before the Dutch revolt / Louis Sicking -- Naval power and control of the seas in the Baltic in the 16th century / Jan Glete -- The new Atlantic: naval warfare in the 16th century / N.A.M. Rodger -- Toward a history of medieval sea power / Richard W. Unger
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780851159034
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780851159034
Language:
English
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