London / New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2013. Pp. xvi, 320. Illus., append., notes, biblio., index. $28.00. ISBN: 1608196097 Warfare in Europe from the Renaissance to ...

Although firearms were invented in China and avidly taken up by the Ottoman Empire and other states, by 1700, European guns were the best in the world. This salient aspect of Western military ...

Although cavalry – particularly armored men-at-arms – was essentially the dominant arm from the late Roman Empire, during the Renaissance and into the early sixteenth century had had lost its primacy ...

1. The Portuguese and Dutch trade 1500-1700, and the response of the Delft potters -- 2. The importance of the collection of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, c. 1700-1733 -- 3. Japanese and Chinese ...