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Furies, war in Europe, 1450-1700, Lauro Martines

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Furies, war in Europe, 1450-1700, Lauro Martines

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Furies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

793340012

Responsibility statement

Lauro Martines

Sub title

war in Europe, 1450-1700

Summary

We think of the Renaissance as a shining era of human achievement, yet it was also an age of constant, harrowing warfare. Armies, not philosophers, shaped the face of Europe as modern nation-states emerged from feudal society. Martines captures the dark reality of the period in a gripping narrative mosaic, putting us on the front lines of battle, and on the streets of cities under siege, to reveal what Europe's wars meant to the men and women who endured them

Table Of Contents

A war mosaic -- Soldiers : plebeians and nobles -- Sacking cities -- Weapons and princes -- Siege -- Armies : ambulant cities, dying cities -- Plunder -- Hell in the villages -- Killing for god -- The state : emerging Leviathan

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