Apprenticeship in Arms The Origins of the British Army 1585-1702

Name: Apprenticeship in Arms The Origins of the British Army 1585-1702
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ISBN: 9780199261499

ISBN-10: 0199261490

ISBN-13: 9780199261499

Edition: 2006

Authors: Roger B. Manning

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Based upon a wide range of historical and literary sources, An Apprenticeship in Arms is a scholarly study of the military experiences of peers and gentlemen from the British Isles who volunteered to fight in the religious and dynastic wars of mainland Europe, as well as the ordinary men who were impressed to serve in the ranks from the time of the English intervention in the Dutch war of independence in 1585 to the death of the soldier-king William III in 1702. This apprenticeship in arms exposed these men to the technological innovations of the military revolution, laid the foundations for a fledgling professional officer class based upon merit and established a fund of military…

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List price: $325.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/27/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.45" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English




A Military Apprenticeship 1585-1640



The Irish Wars



The Low Countries Wars



British Manpower and the States' Army



Recruiting in the British Isles for Mainland European Armies



Military and Naval Expeditions of the 1620s



The campus martius: The Domestic School of War



The Experience of Civil War 1640-1660



Mercenaries and Gentlemen



Raising and Organizing Standing Armies



Atrocity, Plunder, and Discipline



The Civil Wars in Ireland and Scotland



The Decay of a Military Tradition 1660-1688



Standing Armies in the Three Kingdoms



The Decay of the Militia



English, Irish, and Scots in Mainland European Armies



The Recovery of a Military Tradition 1688-1702



The Descent on England



The Williamite Conquest of Scotland and Ireland



The Nine Years War



Conclusion: Military Professionalism


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