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| Titre : | The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization |
| Auteurs : | Cathal Nolan |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Greenwood, 2006 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-313-33045-2 |
| Index. décimale : | 909.07 (De 500 ├á 1450. Histoire m├®di├®vale) |
| Résumé : |
The Age of Wars of Religion saw navies, armies, armed merchant companies, and mercenaries battle one another and local potentates in many lands and along numerous shores. Wars of religion were fought in and between all the major religions and civilizations, from Europe to China, in Africa, and in the isolated Americas, mixing motives of knightly idealism, mercenary greed, and competing claims of divine sanction. This unparalleled work traces the extraordinary upheavals of the period in military technology, competing theologies, and civilizational change that were brought about by, or impinged upon, military conflict. It offers nearly 2,000 discrete but cross-referenced entries on cultural, military, religious and political history, as well as geography, biography, and military literature. Close to 2,000 entries offer detailed information on the major events, places, battles, figures, technologies, and ideas one must know to begin to make sense of the past six centuries of global conflicts. Though especially ferocious and intense, the Wars of Reformation and Counter-Reformation fought by Europeans from the 15th through 17th centuries were hardly unique in world or military history. The Byzantine Empire, bastion of Christian Orthodoxy, staggered to the tortuous end of its long conflict with the Ottoman Empire, the Great Power of the Sunni Muslim world. The Ottomans, in turn, were still engaged in an equally ancient intra-Muslim war, between Sunnis and Shi'ites. In India, the Hindu Rajputs and Marathas, and also the Sikhs, organized armies around religious communities to throw off the Muslim Yoke (Mughul Empire), and also fought against Christian invaders from Europe. As for the isolated Americas, ideas of divine kingship sustained by powerful priesthoods and religious warfare also prevailed, as exemplified by the Inca and Aztec empires. ### From School Library Journal Grade 10 UpÔÇôThis encyclopedia describes and illuminates a momentous 650-year period of world history that includes what historians have called The Dark Ages and the Renaissance. While the resource focuses on the political, military, and social aspects of the religious wars (Crusades, The Thirty Years' War, Inquisition, The Armada, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire) that created enormous changes in the political and social landscape of Europe and Asia, it also addresses social customs (chivalry, tournaments); historical movements (feudalism, Reformation, age of exploration); religious organizations and beliefs (Catholic Church, Calvinism, Islam, Orthodox Churches, Confucianism); and the lives of important figures (Oliver Cromwell, Niccol├▓ di Bernardo Machiavelli, Cardinal Richelieu). Nolan's well-written and authoritative preface serves as an excellent and clear introduction to this large slice of world history, and the alphabetically arranged entries are equally informative, impartially written, and accessible to students. The longer entries end with cross-references and a short list of suggested reading. Except for a section of 25 black-and-white maps, which are sometimes hard to read, there are no illustrations. A 22-page chronology, an extensive selected bibliography that includes some Web sites, and a helpful index end the set. Though specialized, this encyclopedia is recommended for libraries supporting a robust world history curriculum or fielding a number of questions on the topic.*ÔÇôJack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego* Copyright ┬® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ### From Booklist The current world seems to be preoccupied with religious warfare, but the period between 1000 and 1650 had more heated exchanges and battles based on religious belief, as this work documents. Its geographic scope encompasses the then-known civilized world from Europe to China, Africa, and the Americas; and its more than 2,000 entries treat a remarkable range of topics: technologies, ideas, social and class relations, major confessional groups, theological disputes, and more. Examples include *Armor, Infantry, Islam, Justification by faith, Military discipline, Puritans, Ship of the line, Siege warfare*, and *Wheel lock.* A number of entries are biographical, among them those for Oliver Cromwell, Salah al-Din, and Girolamo Savonarola. But the most space is devoted to "narrative recounting of major wars and key battles and sieges"--the Crusades, the English civil wars, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, to name a few. Length ranges from a line or two for *Enfilade* and *Palfrey* to more than 11 pages for *Thirty Years' War*. Some entries end with suggested readings, and cross-referencing is extensive. The entries are listed alphabetically at the beginning of each volume. An index at the end of volume 2 allows the researcher to look up more specific terms. Twenty-five maps depict specific battles and the extent of empires such as the Ottoman and the Holy Roman. Other features include a chronology of events that begins in 1008 with the fall of the Cordoba emirate and ends in 1650 with the military settlement of the Thirty Years' War. A selected bibliography of some 35 pages provides texts for further reference as well as a list of Web sites arranged by topic, such as "Wars by Region" and "Weapons." This resource would be a good purchase for larger public libraries and undergraduate institutions that support courses in the history of warfare. It can provide students and general readers with background for understanding some of the major conflicts of the twenty-first century. *Jerry Carbone* *Copyright ┬® American Library Association. All rights reserved* |
