Early Modern Warfare 1500-1700 Flashcards
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Weapons: Continuity/ Change
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- Pikes, longbow and plate armour
- Artillery lighter, cannons better, Flintlock musket replaced matchlock, infantry had muskets with bayonets (slowly replacing longbow)
2
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Tactics & Strategy: Continuity/ Change
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- Cavalry + infantry combined
- musketeers/ pikemen together, cavalry had pistols to ride close to enemy and also had dragoons
3
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Composition: Continuity/ Change
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- ratio 3:1 and in civil war social status important
- ratio did change continuously, New Model Army social status did not matter, Standing army full time + paid
4
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Recruitment: Continuity/ Change
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- Militia system, organised by Lord Lieutenants (like assize of arms)
- system was not effective so more force
5
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Training: Continuity/ Change
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- early 1500s still little/ poor standard of training
- discipline + teamwork important
- misters masters training
6
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Provisions: Continuity/ Change
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- requisitioning, baggage trains
- free quaters
7
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Experience for civilians: Continuity/ Change
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- plundering, taxes, force (not that much change)
- civil war meant stealing ext happened more
8
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Reasons why Parliamentarians won Battle of Naseby 1645?
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- royalist overconfidence
- positioning on valley (higher ground)
- Cromwell kept control of NMA
- Cromwell attacked flanks
- Cromwell’s strong cavalry
- royalist victory had to be quick
- experienced army determined to win
9
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Significance of Battle of Naseby 1645
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- position important
- leadership
- determination
