Italy 1636 - Cemetery of Armies

Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, uncovering the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war.

List of contents

• Introduction: Studying the Thirty Years War in Italy


• 1: Cardinal Richelieu's War


• 2: Onward to Milan


• 3: "The War becomes cruel"


• Conclusion: The resilience of Spanish Italy


• Sources and bibliography

About the author

Gregory Hanlon is a French-trained behavioural historian of the early modern period. He has written books on religious history in France, rural history in Italy, and three books on the involvement of Italy and Italians in the great wars of the early modern era. All this work is directly influenced by the social and behavioural sciences, from psychology, to anthropology and sociology, to primatology and human ethology, all of which examines the behaviour of people in the early modern era in the light of neo-Darwinian thinking.

Summary

Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, uncovering the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war.

Additional text

[An] impressive example of battle history ... Pulling together a wide variety of historical sources, the book represents an outstanding example of a battle history in the broader sense, incorporating medical and social history ... For anyone looking for insights into European warfare in the era of the Thirty Years War, this is a must-read that makes a strong argument for the effectiveness of the Spanish military system in the first half of the seventeenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Hanlon, Gregory (Professor of European History Hanlon, Gregory (University Research Professor Hanlon, Hanlon Gregory
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780198738251
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873825-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)