The Consequences of the Military Revolution in Muscovy

A Comparative Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID2108083
AuthorsMarshall Poe (Harvard University Press, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume38
Issue4
Pages603-618
Publication date1996-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500020478
OpenAlexW1970068591
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited33

What has been called the early modern military revolution may be described most simply as the replacement of small cavalry forces by huge gunpowder infantry armies. The revolution was a diffusionary process with a relatively well-understood chronology and geography. The innovations at its core began in northern Italy in the later fifteenth century and spread throughout central, northern, and eastern Europe in the three centuries that followed. Seen in this way, it was a unique and unitary phenomenon. Thus we speak ofthemilitary revolution, an episode in world history, instead of several different revolutions in the constituent parts of Europe. Nonetheless, the course and impact of the revolution were different in the regions it eventually affected

Agricultural revolution · Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Fifteenth · Geography · Gunpowder · Infantry · Phenomenon · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Historical Studies on Spain · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Philosophy

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