War Midterm 2 Flashcards
1
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Knights equipped with (5)
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- full body armour
- shield
- helmet
- lance
- sword
2
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Types of war (4)
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- rebellions
- private wars
- wars between kings
- crusades
3
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Ideas of chivalry
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- prowess
- military glory
- rise of courtesy
- service of ladies
4
Q
Aspects of chivalry
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- tournaments
- random
- orders of chivalry
- holy monastic orders
5
Q
Medieval weapons and tactics
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- combined arms
- raids
- fortification
- artillery
6
Q
Trace Italienne
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- new style of fortification
- star shaped
- removes dead zones
- no hiding spots for enemies
- slanted walls
- requires large army
7
Q
New cavalry tactics
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- caracole
- half turn to right or left on a mounted horse
8
Q
Pike square
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- often mercenaries
- Spanish Terico
- pikemen in tandem with musketeers or arqebusiers
9
Q
Vegetius
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- restoration of classical learning
- moral element in war
- coordination of different arms
- favours infantry
- discipline and drill
- favours small, skillful armies
- wrote classic treaties on warfare at the pinnacle of the Roman empires power
10
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Machiavelli
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- prefers militia to mercenaries
- moral factors
- suggest keeping people poor
- prefers large armies
- favours infantry
- role of fortunate in war
11
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Japanese invasion of Korea
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- weaponry includes arquebuses and cannon
- Korean navy superior to Japanese
- ceasefire
- Japanese withdraw after Toyota I hideyoshi’s death
12
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English v Spain
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- English privateers attack Spanish
- Philips II of Spain Mary queen of Scots
- England supports Dutch Revolt
- Spanish armada
13
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Scientific approach to war
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- increasingly important from late 17th century onwards
- war seen as determined by mathematical principles
14
Q
Antoine- Henri joining
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- strategy is controlled by scientific principles
- urged concentration of force against decisive point
- argued in favour of interior lines
15
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Different representations of war (3)
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- war as interaction
- war as chance
- war as politics
