An Apprenticeship in Arms: The Origins of the British Army 1585-1702

by Roger B. Manning

Overview

This book explores the ways in which the diverse military experiences at home and abroad of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199261499
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/27/2006
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Cleveland State University (Emeritus)

Table of Contents

I. A Military Apprenticeship 1585-16401. The Irish Wars2. The Low Countries Wars3. British Manpower and the States' Army4. Recruiting in the British Isles for Mainland European Armies5. Military and Naval Expeditions of the 1620s6. The icampus martius/i: The Domestic School of WarII. The Experience of Civil War 1640-16607. Mercenaries and Gentlemen8. Raising and Organizing Standing Armies9. Atrocity, Plunder, and Discipline10. The Civil Wars in Ireland and ScotlandIII. The Decay of a Military Tradition 1660-168811. Standing Armies in the Three Kingdoms12. The Decay of the Militia13. English, Irish, and Scots in Mainland European ArmiesIV. The Recovery of a Military Tradition 1688-170214. The Descent on England15. The Williamite Conquest of Scotland and Ireland16. The Nine Years War17. Conclusion: Military ProfessionalismSelect BibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"This book can be recommended as a clear, useful summing up of the current state of knowledge of the military history of Britain and Ireland in the long century prior to Act of Settlement of 1702."—Ian Gentles, American Historical Review

"A broadly researched and informative study of an important subject."—Sixteenth Century Journal

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