Business of War Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

Name: Business of War Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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ISBN: 9780521735582

ISBN-10: 0521735580

ISBN-13: 9780521735582

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Parrott

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"This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whereas previous accounts have emphasised the growth of state-run armies during this period, David Parrott argues instead that the delegation of military responsibility to sophisticated and extensive networks of private enterprise reached unprecedented levels. This included not only the hiring of troops but their equipping, the supply of food and munitions, and the financing of their operations. The book reveals the extraordinary prevalence and capability of private networks of commanders, suppliers, merchants and financiers who managed the conduct…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

DAVID PARROTT is Guild Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry - next Guildhall in the Diocese of London and Education Adviser for the Ecclesiastical Law Society.



List of figures


List of maps


Acknowledgements


List of abbreviations


Currencies


Introduction



Foundations and expansion



Military resources for hire, 1450-1560



The expansion of military enterprise, 1560-1620



Diversity and adaptation: military enterprise during the Thirty Years War



Operations and structures



The military contractor at war



The business of war



Continuity, transformation and rhetoric in European warfare after 1650



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index