War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Author:   John B. Hattendorf (Contributor) ,  Richard W. Unger (Contributor) ,  Bernard Doumerc ,  Francisco C Domingues
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Volume:   v. 14
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9780851159034


Pages:   292
Publication Date:   01 February 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John B. Hattendorf (Contributor) ,  Richard W. Unger (Contributor) ,  Bernard Doumerc ,  Francisco C Domingues
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780851159034


ISBN 10:   0851159036
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   01 February 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Introduction: Theories of Naval Power - John B. Hattendorf Naval Force in the Viking Age and High Medieval Denmark - Niels Lund Scandinavian Warships and Naval Power in the 13th and 14th centuries - Jan Bill Naval Power and Maritime Technology during the Hundred Years' War - Timothy J Runyan Oars, Sails and Guns: The English and War at Sea, c.1200-1500 - Ian Friel Byzantium and the Sea: Byzantine Fleets and the History of The Empire in the Age of the Macedonian Emperors, c.900-1025 - John Pryor Iberian Naval Power, 1000-1650 - Lawrence V Mott Venice, Genoa and Control of the Seas in the 13th and 14th Centuries - John Dotson Genoese Naval Forces in the Mediterranean in the 15th and 16th Centuries - Michel Balard An Exemplary Maritime Republic: Venice at the End of the Middle Ages - Bernard Doumerc The Navies of the Medici: The Florentine Navy and the Navy of the Sacred Military Order of Saint Stephen, 1547-1648 - Marco Gemignani The State of Portuguese Naval Power in the 16th Century - Francisco C Domingues Naval Power in the Netherlands before the Dutch Revolt - Louis Sicking Naval Power and Control of the Seas in the Baltic in the 16th Century - Jan Glete The New Atlantic: Naval Warfare in the 16th Century - N A M Rodger Conclusion: Toward a History of Medieval Sea Power - Richard W. Unger

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An absorbing and important volume. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEWOld records and modern technology have been brought to bear with notable effect... revisionist and inspirational, it will certainly add a great deal to current knowledge and do much to direct investigations in this field for a long time to come. BIBLIOTHEQUE D'HUMANISME ET RENAISSANCE Worthy of a place on the bookshelves of any serious naval or maritime historian. DE RE MILITARIThe Introduction by Hattendorf is a must-read for all naval historians... But the real value of this work is in the overall picture created by the component parts: that of a period in which many different forms of war at sea existed outside the traditional historical interpretation of 'naval war'. HISTORYThe individual essays without exception are admirable pieces of scholarship. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY


An absorbing and important volume. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Old records and modern technology have been brought to bear with notable effect... revisionist and inspirational, it will certainly add a great deal to current knowledge and do much to direct investigations in this field for a long time to come. BIBLIOTHEQUE D'HUMANISME ET RENAISSANCE Worthy of a place on the bookshelves of any serious naval or maritime historian. DE RE MILITARI The Introduction by Hattendorf is a must-read for all naval historians.... But the real value of this work is in the overall picture created by the component parts: that of a period in which many different forms of war at sea existed outside y the component parts: that of a period in which many different forms of war at sea existed outside the traditional historical interpretation of naval war . HISTORY The individual ess


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Dr. Ian Friel is a maritime historian with an international reputation and wide experience of historical and archaeological projects, such as research into Henry V's great warship Grace Dieu and the 17th-century Swash Channel Wreck (which he successfully identified as the Fame of Hoorn). After a long career working in museums, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Mary Rose Trust, he went freelance in 2007 as an independent historian, museum consultant and writer. Ian is the author of The Good Ship, The British Museum Maritime History of Britain and Ireland and Henry V's Navy, along with many papers, reports and other publications, and he has broadcast on TV and radio.

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