War, Entrepreneurs, and the State in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1300-1800

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-24364-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 97, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

In War, Entrepreneurs, and the State, Jeff Fynn-Paul (Leiden) assembles an internationally acclaimed selection of authors to push forward the debate on the role of entrepreneurs in making war and building states in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Topics covered include logistics, supply, recruitment, and the finance of war. Chapters have been carefully commissioned with an eye towards complementarity.
In an introduction co-written with Marjolein ‘t Hart and Griet Vermeesch, Fynn-Paul challenges existing discourses of military entrepreneurialism. A new benchmark is proposed: did states choose to work with entrepreneurs, or to restrict their activities and subvert the market? From the introduction and the individual chapters, a new more expansive vision of the military entrepreneur emerges.
Contributors are: Carlos Álvarez-Nogal, Pepijn Brandon, William Caferro, Stephen Conway, Thomas Goossens, Aaron Graham, Rhoads Murphey, David Parrott, Helen Paul, Guy Rowlands, Kahraman Sakul, Marjolein 't Hart, Andrea Thiele, and Rafael Torres Sánchez.

Zielgruppe

All interested in military and logistical history, state formation, and the figure of the merchant-entrepreneur in late medieval and early modern Europe/Ottoman Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Fynn-Paul, Jeff

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Fynn-Paul, Ph.D. (2005) University of Toronto, is Lecturer in History and International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely on urban history, social stratification, and institutions with a focus on late medieval Iberia.