Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Italy 1636
Hardcover. Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, emphasizing the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 black and white halftones and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Italy 1636 is one of the most closely-researched and detailed books on the operation of early modern armies anywhere, and is explicitly inspired by neo-Darwinian thinking. Taking the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 as its specific example, it begins with the recruitment of the soldiers, the care and feeding of the armies and their horses, the impact of the invasion on civilians in the path of their advance, and the manner in which generals conducted their campaign in response to the information at their disposal. The next section describes the unfolding of the long and stubborn ... Read more
Italy 1636 is one of the most closely-researched and detailed books on the operation of early modern armies anywhere, and is explicitly inspired by neo-Darwinian thinking. Taking the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 as its specific example, it begins with the recruitment of the soldiers, the care and feeding of the armies and their horses, the impact of the invasion on civilians in the path of their advance, and the manner in which generals conducted their campaign in response to the information at their disposal. The next section describes the unfolding of the long and stubborn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198738244
SKU
V9780198738244
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-14
About Gregory Hanlon
Gregory Hanlon is a French-trained behavioural historian of the early modern period. He has written books on religious history in France, rural history in Italy, and three books on the involvement of Italy and Italians in the great wars of the early modern era. All this work is directly influenced by the social and behavioural sciences, from psychology, to anthropology ... Read more
Reviews for Italy 1636
It will certainly be of interest to political and military historians with a special interest in the Thirty Years War, Italian states and France.
Nina Lamal, European History Quarterly
Italy 1636: Cemetery of Armies presents a compact study of warfare in early modern Italy. This fine book's narrative offers an engaging analysis of the practices of early seventeenth-century ... Read more
Nina Lamal, European History Quarterly
Italy 1636: Cemetery of Armies presents a compact study of warfare in early modern Italy. This fine book's narrative offers an engaging analysis of the practices of early seventeenth-century ... Read more