Warfare in early modern Europe; the rival armies; the wars of James IV, 1496-1513; war on the border, 1520-1547; the campaigns of 1547, Pinkie Cleugh and the occupation of Annandale; the war for Scotland, 1547-1550.
A very fine book... apt and scholarly discussion of weaponry,
tactics, strategy, organisation and recruitment.
*JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY [US]*
Will be put to good use in future as a standard reference tool for
students and historians interested in the minutiae of Anglo-Scottsh
warfare.
*ALBION*
Phillips rejects the assumption that a military revolution occurred
in early modern Europe. He argues instead that innovations were
gradually grafted onto tactics used by late medieval and early
modern armed forces... though-provoking.
*CHOICE*
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