War in the World

War was a central theme in the world history of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with military capability and activity central to its states societies economies and cultures. <i>War in the World 1450–1600</i> provides an account of warfare in the period placing it in global context. It offers a corrective to a narrative that has emphasised European developments and obscured the history of non-European military systems and cultures of war.Highlighting conflict between non-Western powers which constituted most of the conflict around the world as well as giving due attention to warfare between Western and non-Western powers Black emphasises the breadth and variety of military trajectories and connections. This comparative context also provides a framework for considering the idea of a European-based Military Revolution. A wide-ranging account of world military history in a period of substantial development the book will be essential reading for those interested in global history and conflict.<i>War in the World 1450–1600</i> is designed as a companion volume to Jeremy Black's <i>Beyond the Military Revolution: Warfare in the Seventeenth-Century World</i>.