War and Society in the Seventeenth Century

by George Clark and George Norman Clark

Book Overview

Sir George Clark discusses war as a factor for good and ill in European society in the seventeenth century. In particular, he shows how war helped to determine the emergence of modern Europe from a society geographically, politically and doctrinally confused: what Sir George calls the m l e of the early part of the century. His first chapter stresses that war was accepted as part of the order of society. It was considered a legitimate instrument of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521135826
• ISBN13: 9780521135825
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"