The Making of a World Power: War and the Military Revolution in Seventeenth-century EnglandSutton, 1999 - 280 Seiten In 1605, England was a second-rate European power. There was neither a full-time navy, nor a standing army. For the first 30 years of the 17th century, English naval forces and military expeditions remained semi-private affairs, and campaigns against Spain and France in the 1620s and Scotland in 1639-40 were abysmal failures, due in large part to the lack of trained officers to lead them. By 1705, however, this situation had changed dramatically and England's professional army and navy were playing crucial roles in Europe and North America. British army and navy personnel, backed by well-established military and financial organizations at home and abroad, allowed the island nation to become a leading European nation state and world power. |
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... royal ships , but the royal ships were larger and more expensive in 1588 , and the number of heavily armed merchant ships hired to serve with the royal fleet had increased . These financial facts should not be allowed to mask the point ...
... royal ships , but the royal ships were larger and more expensive in 1588 , and the number of heavily armed merchant ships hired to serve with the royal fleet had increased . These financial facts should not be allowed to mask the point ...
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... royal expenditures . For example , the annual cost of the royal family grew from £ 26,284 in 1603 to £ 237,042 in 1610. Consequently , the net deficit on ordinary revenue in this period was £ 334,332 and only the sale of royal property ...
... royal expenditures . For example , the annual cost of the royal family grew from £ 26,284 in 1603 to £ 237,042 in 1610. Consequently , the net deficit on ordinary revenue in this period was £ 334,332 and only the sale of royal property ...
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... royal family cost over £ 2.6 million ( 29.7 per cent of expenditures ) , while less than £ 2.5 million ( 28.6 per cent of expenditures ) was provided to the Ordnance Office , the navy and the army combined . Two of the worst features of ...
... royal family cost over £ 2.6 million ( 29.7 per cent of expenditures ) , while less than £ 2.5 million ( 28.6 per cent of expenditures ) was provided to the Ordnance Office , the navy and the army combined . Two of the worst features of ...
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the English Navy 15091648 | 22 |
The Naval Revolution | 43 |
The Creation of the English Standing Army | 66 |
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