Modern Military History

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, supported by iconographic elements, analysis of texts, group work, readings and individual work, with the presentation and discussion of issues arising from those works.

Learning Outcomes

This course enables students to understand and contextualize the main military events of the period between the 15th and 18th centuries, both in Europe and overseas, and the two major trends of the period:

a) the evolution of the military technology and organization

b) the contribution of Military History for the assertion of states in the Early Modern period in Europe.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. War and Modern State 15th-18th centuries: a general introduction

2. Military technologies and organization

2.1. Fire arms: a new path to the war; military and social revolution

2.3. The organization of the European armies

3. Military campaigns in Europe

4. The building up of the European maritime empires

4.1. Ships and guns

4.2. War ate sea: theory and practice

5. Military and strategic thought in Europe

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. BLACK, Jeremy, European Warfare, 1494-1660, London-New York: Routledge, 2002.

2. GLETE, Jan, Navies and Nations. Warships, Navies and State Building in Europe and America, 1500-1860, 2 vols. Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1993.

3. GLETE, Jan, Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650. Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe, London,Rutledge, 2000.

4. PARKER, Geoffrey, Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe, London: Allen Lane - The Penguin Press, 2002.

5. PARKER, Geoffrey, The Military Revolution: Military innovation and the Rise of the West 1500-1800, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988