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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455244903321

Autore

Glete Jan <1947, >

Titolo

Warfare at sea, 1500-1650 : maritime conflicts and the transformation of Europe / / Jan Glete

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-61079-3

1-280-33188-7

0-203-02456-7

0-203-17184-5

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 231 p. : ill.,maps

Collana

Warfare and history Warfare at sea, 1500-1650

Disciplina

359.0094

Soggetti

Naval history

Electronic books.

Europe History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p.216-220.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 WARFARE AT SEA IN EUROPEAN HISTORY -- The transformation of warfare at sea -- chapter 2 TECHNOLOGY, TACTICS AND STRATEGY -- Technical development in organisations and networks -- chapter 3 SEAMEN, SOLDIERS AND CHANGING MARITIME SOCIETIES -- The sea a violent place of work -- chapter 4 STATES, ORGANISATIONS AND MARITIME WARS -- State formation and early modern navies -- chapter 5 THE PORTUGUESE IN MARITIME ASIA, 1498-1600 -- A small power in a great ocean -- chapter 6 The Mediterranean: the failure of empires -- The failure of empires Zonchio 1499: a decisive battle -- chapter 7 MARITIME STATE FORMATION AND EMPIRE BUILDING IN THE BALTIC -- From mercantile to monarchic sea power -- chapter 8 WAR IN WESTERN EUROPE UNTIL 1560 -- Opportunities for state formation and trade -- chapter 9 ATLANTIC WARFARE UNTIL 1603 -- Crisis and change in Western Europe -- chapter 10 THE FIRST GLOBAL WAR AT SEA, 1600-1650 -- Empires, embargoes and entrep�ts -- chapter 11 CONCLUSION.