The Evolution of Warfare Throughout the Renaissance to the Age of Religious Wars
Title: The Evolution of Warfare Throughout the Renaissance to the Age of Religious Wars
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 1425 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Evolution of Warfare Throughout the Renaissance to the Age of Religious Wars
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 1425 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
During the age of religious wars, leading to the Renaissance, warfare drastically
changed. Strategies, weapons; the whole art itself was reshaped by the contact
with other peoples and the strive to attain more power. Before this time, fighting
was restricted to all the Medieval straitjacket would allow. 'Wars' consisted mostly
of the small forces of feudal nobles in their squeamish attempts to obtain more land.
Once the Crusades occurred, everything changed. Alliances were formed and
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worse could warfare
become in this day and age? That question was probably asked around the invention of nuclear
weapons.
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