War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
by John B. Hattendorf (Editor), Richard W. Unger (Editor)
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This volume is both a restatement of current interpretations of sea power in the middle ages and the Renaissance and a general introduction to naval and maritime history over four and a half centuries. The book offers broad conclusions on the role and characteristics of armed force at sea before 1650, conclusions that exploit the best current understanding of the medieval period. The examination of naval militias in the Baltic, permanent galley fleets in the Mediterranean, contract fleets show more and the use of reprisal for political ends all illustrate the variety and complexity of naval power and domination of the sea in theyears from 1000 to 1650. The detailed and closely coordinated studies by scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia show patterns in war at sea and discuss the influence of the development of ships, guns, and the language of public policy on maritime conflict. The essays show the importance and unique character of violence at sea in the period. Contributors: JOHN B. HATTENDORF, NIELS LUND, JAN BILL, TIMOTHY J. RUNYAN, IAN FRIEL, JOHN H. PRYOR, LAWRENCE V. MOTT, JOHN DOTSON, MICHEL BALARD, BERNARD DOUMERC, MARCO GEMIGNANI, FRANCISCO CONTENT DOMINGUES, LOUIS SICKING, JAN GLETE, N.A.M. RODGER, RICHARD W. UNGER. show lessTags
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Since 1984, John B. Hattendorf has been the Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History and Director of the Advanced Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He earned his bachelor's degree in history at Kenyon College, his master's degree at Brown University, and his doctor of philosophy degree from the show more University of Oxford. Additionally, Kenyon College has awarded him the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters. He is the adjunct director of the Munson Institute of American Maritime History at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, and has been elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Naval Science and of the Academie du Var (France), Vice President of the Hakluyt Society and of the North American Society of Oceanic Historians, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK). show less
Richard W. Unger is Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.
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- Theories of Naval Power: A.T. Mahan and the Naval History of Medieval and Renaissance Europe - John B. Hattendorf; Naval Force in the Viking Age and High Medieval Denmark - Niels Lund; Scandinavian Warships and Naval Power in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth 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-c.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 CE - John H. Pryor (show all 16); Iberian Naval Power, 1000-1650 - Lawrence V. Mott; Venice, Genoa and Control of the Seas in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries - John Dotson; Genoese Naval Forces in the Mediterranean during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth 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 St Stephen, 1547-1648 - Marco Gemignani; The State of Portuguese Naval Forces in the Sixteenth Century - Francisco Contente Domingues; Naval Power in the Netherlands before the Dutch Revolt - Louis Sicking; Naval Power and Control of the Sea in the Baltic in the Sixteenth Century - Jan Glete; The New Atlantic: Naval Warfare in the Sixteenth Century - N.A.M. Rodger; Conclusion: Toward a History of Medieval Sea Power - Richard W. Unger
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