Furies : war in Europe, 1450-1700 / Lauro Martines.
Furies : war in Europe, 1450-1700 / Lauro Martines.
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Press, ©2013.
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G 2014/1830
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 320 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Press, ©2013.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
©2013.
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Scope and Contents
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, a...
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Full title
Furies : war in Europe, 1450-1700 / Lauro Martines.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307) and index.
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©2013.
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G 2014/1830
Record Identifier
74VKvwVqqwed
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvwVqqwed
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ISBN
1608196097 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781608196098 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
355.02094/0903
MMS ID
991021409889702626
