early modern warfare: 1500-1700

Question 1

what is purveyance

Answer 1

kings right to buy food up food for army - leading to inflation and food shortages

Question 2

what was billeting

Answer 2

providing soldiers with accommodation (civilians)

Question 3

what was requisitioning

Answer 3

forcibly taking supplies for army (horses, weapons, ships)
-payments supposed to be made, rarely arrived

Question 4

why were enemy civilians raided

Answer 4

aim was to weaken morale and enemy

Question 5

looting during civil war

Answer 5

-extremely common
-encouraged by poorly disciplined and paid troops

Question 6

society became …… ……. of taxation by 1700

Answer 6

increasingly accepting

Question 7

casualties during civil war
-population death, rape,

Answer 7

-150 towns attacked
-sieges led to deaths, outright and via impact of disease in poor conditions
-rape and murder common

Question 8

how much of the population died during civil war

Answer 8

3.6%

Question 9

who brang printing press

Answer 9

william caxton 1476
-royalists and mps created propaganda encouraging men to join war

Question 10

matchlock musket developed in …

Answer 10

1550’s

Question 11

strengths of matchlock musket

Answer 11

-needed basic training (2 weeks)
-inflicted wounds: debilitating
-penetrated plate armour

Question 12

matchlock musket limitations

Answer 12

less accurate than l.b’s
-slow rate of fire
-long reload time
-short 100m range

Question 13

flintlock muskets: used …. rather than …… to ignite …….
……. and more ……. than matchlocks, but very ………
Used from ……s.

Answer 13

-flint, string
-quicker, reliable, expensive
-1610’s

Question 14

pistols available from ….

Answer 14

1500’s

Question 15

how did cannons change

Answer 15

-lighter field guns created
-still poor mobility, limited range/accuracy

Question 16

continuity in weapons:

Answer 16

pike - limitations in musket meant 1/3 of infantry still piked
-sword - still most useful cavalry weapon