Table of Contents

1. 'Then was then and now is now': an overview of change and continuity in late-medieval and early-modern warfare F. Tallett and D. J. B. Trim; 2. Warfare and the international state system Kelly DeVries; 3. War and the emergence of the State: Western Europe 1350–1600 Steven Gunn; 4. From military enterprise to standing armies: war, state and society in Western Europe, 1600–1700 David Parrott; 5. The State and military affairs in east-central Europe, 1380–c.1520s László Veszprémy; 6. Empires and warfare in east-central Europe, 1550–1750: the Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry and military transformation Gábor Àgoston; 7. Ottoman military organisation in south-eastern Europe, c.1420–1720 Rhoads Murphey; 8. The transformation of army organisation in early-modern Western Europe, c.1500–1789 Olaf van Nimwegen; 9. Aspects of operational art: communications, cannon and small war Simon Pepper; 10. Tactics and the face of battle Clifford J. Rogers; 11. Short-lived triumphs and long-term successes: naval warfare in Europe, c.1330–c.1680 Louis Sicking; 12. Legality and legitimacy in war and its conduct, 1350–1650 Matthew Bennett; 13. Conflict, religion and ideology D. J. B. Trim; 14. Warfare, entrepreneurship and the fiscal-military State Jan Glete; 15. War and State-building Ronald G. Asch.