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Informationen zum Autor James Raymond completed his PhD at the University of Exeter. He has held the positions of Teaching Fellow at King's College London and the Joint Services Command & Staff College and has taught at the University of Exeter on Early Modern military history and historical theory. Klappentext The reign of Henry VIII saw a renascent militarism encapture England. This book aims to develop and expand the argument that the English Army was up-to-date with its European contemporaries! and moves the English experience away from the periphery towards the centre of the debate on the European military revolution. The reign of Henry VIII saw a renascent militarism encapture England. This book aims to develop and expand the argument that the English Army was up-to-date with its European contemporaries, and moves the English experience away from the periphery towards the centre of the debate on the European military revolution. Zusammenfassung The reign of Henry VIII saw a renascent militarism encapture England. This book aims to develop and expand the argument that the English Army was up-to-date with its European contemporaries, and moves the English experience away from the periphery towards the centre of the debate on the European military revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations – viConventions – viiiAcknowledgments – ixIntroduction – 1Chapter 1: Henrician Military Literature: Theory and Reality – 7Chapter 2: Gunpowder Weapons – 25Chapter 3: Training and Discipline – 55Chapter 4: Infantry and Cavalry. A ‘British Art of War’? – 80Chapter 5: Levying the Army – 113Chapter 6: A Permanent Establishment? – 136Chapter 7: The Gunners – 163Conclusion: The Military Revolution and Tudor England – 180Notes – 197Bibliography – 287Index – 319
