Class Schedule: Week 12

Monday, November 12


Topic of Discussion:
Parker’s Military Revolution at Sea
Reading:
Carlo Cipolla, Guns, Sails and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion 1400-1700, pp. 71-89, 137-148. [Blackboard]
Parker, The Military Revolution, pp. 82-114.

Wednesday, November 14


Topic of Discussion:
Elaboration on Parker’s Military Revolution at Sea
Reading:
M.A.J. Palmer, “The ‘Military Revolution’ Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea.” [Blackboard]
Richard Harding, “The Growth of Operational Flexibility.” [Blackboard]

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