The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century
Jessica Michaca
Western Civilizations
Mrs. Haggerty
September 23, 2016
To begin with, what is The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century? The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century was about wars crises and also rebellions. Also all the improvements that happen during this time, It has his good and bad effects also including the people. This time was an important time because major wars took place during this century and more major wars came after them too.In this century Military Revoultion also occured, it happened that it had improvements,but it also had some defects. It also talks about from a person point of view it’s a novel called Simplicius Simplicissimus, written …show more content…
The life of a peasant was hard because they didn’t really have a lot freedom and they had a lot of disadvantages. According to Jason in the novel it describes what he lived, he explained all it went on all the suffering etc. ..By this means they forced him to take a raiding party to some other place where they carried off men and cattle and brought them to our farm. Among those were my father, mother and sister. Then they used thumbscrews, which they cleverly made out of their pistols, to torture the peasants, as if they wanted to burn witches. He was small when all this happened and he had to see a lot. Women in these times didn’t have right of anything. For example, in the barn, the hired girl was handled so roughly that she was unable to walk away. Here it shows for most how all peasants were usually treated and it was very unfair for them. This was the life for a peasant in the Seventeenth …show more content…
First, it was Gustavus Adolphus, the king of Sweden, who developed the first standing army of conscripts, notable for the flexibility of its tactics. Gustavus also used the cavalry in a more mobile fashion. After a shooting they charged the enemy with their swords. When they would go to battle they obtained the ability to move easily during battle by using the artillery pieces. By using this it required coordination, special training and discipline. In this Century warfare continued to change. Standing armies grew larger and more expensive. A naval arms race in the seventeenth century ler to more and bigger warships. Larger armies and navies could be maintained only by levying heavier taxes, making war a greater economic burden and an ever more important part of the early modern European state. Bureaucracies to supervise the military resources of the state led to growth in the power of state governments. It is called Military Revolution because the military changes instead that the military developments were
Jessica Michaca
Western Civilizations
Mrs. Haggerty
September 23, 2016
To begin with, what is The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century? The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century was about wars crises and also rebellions. Also all the improvements that happen during this time, It has his good and bad effects also including the people. This time was an important time because major wars took place during this century and more major wars came after them too.In this century Military Revoultion also occured, it happened that it had improvements,but it also had some defects. It also talks about from a person point of view it’s a novel called Simplicius Simplicissimus, written …show more content…
The life of a peasant was hard because they didn’t really have a lot freedom and they had a lot of disadvantages. According to Jason in the novel it describes what he lived, he explained all it went on all the suffering etc. ..By this means they forced him to take a raiding party to some other place where they carried off men and cattle and brought them to our farm. Among those were my father, mother and sister. Then they used thumbscrews, which they cleverly made out of their pistols, to torture the peasants, as if they wanted to burn witches. He was small when all this happened and he had to see a lot. Women in these times didn’t have right of anything. For example, in the barn, the hired girl was handled so roughly that she was unable to walk away. Here it shows for most how all peasants were usually treated and it was very unfair for them. This was the life for a peasant in the Seventeenth …show more content…
First, it was Gustavus Adolphus, the king of Sweden, who developed the first standing army of conscripts, notable for the flexibility of its tactics. Gustavus also used the cavalry in a more mobile fashion. After a shooting they charged the enemy with their swords. When they would go to battle they obtained the ability to move easily during battle by using the artillery pieces. By using this it required coordination, special training and discipline. In this Century warfare continued to change. Standing armies grew larger and more expensive. A naval arms race in the seventeenth century ler to more and bigger warships. Larger armies and navies could be maintained only by levying heavier taxes, making war a greater economic burden and an ever more important part of the early modern European state. Bureaucracies to supervise the military resources of the state led to growth in the power of state governments. It is called Military Revolution because the military changes instead that the military developments were