Renaissance Warfare

by James Grant, Bob Carruthers (Introduction), Bob Carruthers (Editor)

Overview

This remarkable work features a comprehensive survey of the defining events of Renaissance warfare in the British Isles as described by the great Victorian military writer James Grant. The modern reader seeking an insight into the events from the early gunpowder era need look no further than further than this excellent work. Grant’s outstanding scholarship, his extraordinary depth of knowledge and his masterful text combine to produce an authoritative study on the battles of the period.

Renaissance Warfare collects Grant’s work on the subject, from the Battle of Flodden in 1513 to the Battle of Newburn Ford in 1640. The book contains remarkably detailed accounts of many key battles from the period including the Siege of Leith and Battle of Zutphen to the capture of Cadiz and the Battle in the Bay of Cezimbra. The historically defining strategies employed during these battles are explored throughout.

Originally published as part of the Cassell’s Series British Battles on Land and Sea, this book includes the original engravings, and together with Mr. Grant’s period text produces an absorbing account of the period through Victorian eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781580929
Publisher:	The Bookzine Company Ltd
Publication date:	06/12/2012
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Bob Carruthers is an Emmy Award winning author and historian, who has written extensively on the Great War. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Bob is the author of a number of military history titles including the Amazon best seller The Wehrmacht in Russia.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

I Flodden, 1513 6

II Haddenrig, 1542 - Ancrum Moor, 1545 22

III Isle of Wight, 1545 31

IV Pinkie, 1547 39

V Siege of Leith, 1560 58

VI Zutphen, 1586 72

VII Exploits of Sir Francis Drake 83

VIII The Spanish Armada, 1588 93

IX The Groyne, 1589 112

X Sea-Fights off Flores and Cape Corrientes, 1591 122

XI Last Expedition and Death of Admirals Drake and Hawkins, 1595 132

XII The Capture of Cadiz, 1596 141

XIII Porto Rico, 1598 155

XIV In the Bay of Cezlmbra, 1602 164

XV Sea-Fight with the Turks off Cagliari, 1617 177

XVI The Isle of Rhé, 1627 185

XVII The Rout at Newburn Ford, 1640 202