Against the backdrop of over 200 years of European history, the author describes the development of the mercenary system from the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of the French Revolution. The book begins with an explanation of the importance of mercenaries in the wars for the expansion of the Russian Tsarist Empire. Subsequent sections deal with the mercenary system in the British Isles, the Thirty Years' War, the Siege of Vienna in 1683 and the Turkish Wars, as well as the War of the Spanish and Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Urban, W.
Title
Bayonets for Hire. Mercenaries at War 1550-1789
Details
English text, 16 plates with bw-illustrations. 304 pages.
State
new
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