The World of the Siege : Representations of Early Modern Positional Warfare

Description

The World of the Siege examines the conduct of early modern sieges (15th-18th centuries) in relation to the creation and interpretation of siege narratives. The volume provides insights into the convergences and divergences of diverse (military) cultures across Europe and Asia. Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction  Anke Fischer-Kattner Part 1 Participants and Audiences Chapter 2 The World of the Siege in New Perspective: the Populace during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)  Sigrun Haude Chapter 3 Colchester’s Plight in European Perspective: Printed Representations of Seventeenth-Century Siege Warfare  Anke Fischer-Kattner Chapter 4 More Honored in the Breach? Representations of Honor in Louisquatorzian Sieges  Jamel Ostwald Part 2 Imperial Boundaries Chapter 5 Straddling Empires: Revolt and Religion in Early Modern Dalmatia  Eric R. Dursteler Chapter 6 The 1689 Siege of Bombay in Global Historical Perspective  Philip J. Stern Chapter 7 Narratives of Akbar’s Sieges and the Construction of Mughal Universal Sovereignty  Pratyay Nath Chapter 8 Siege Warfare in Verse and Prose: the Ottoman Conquest of Kamianets-Podilsky (Kamaniçe), 1672  Kahraman Şakul Part 3 Definitions Chapter 9 Siegecraft in Ming and Qing China  Tonio Andrade Chapter 10 “The Enterprises and Surprises That They Would Like to Perform”: Fear, Urban Identities, and Siege Culture during the French Wars of Religion  Brian Sandberg Chapter 11 Summary: Under Siege? Defining Siege Warfare in World History  Peter H. Wilson Index