War, Entrepreneurs, and the State in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1300-1800 (History of Warfare, 97)

Book info: War, Entrepreneurs, and the State in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1300-1800 (History of Warfare, 97) (Hardcover, 368 pages) – Brill, 2014. Language: English.

In War, Entrepreneurs, and the State, Jeff Fynn-Paul (Leiden) assembles an internationally acclaimed selection of authors to push forward the debate on the role of entrepreneurs in making war and building states in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Topics covered include logistics, supply, recruitment, and the finance of war. Chapters have been carefully commissioned with an eye towards complementarity.In an introduction co-written with Marjolein ‘t Hart and Griet Vermeesch, Fynn-Paul challenges existing discourses of military entrepreneurialism. A new benchmark is proposed: did states choose to work with entrepreneurs, or to restrict their activities and subvert the market? From the introduction and the individual chapters, a new more expansive vision of the military entrepreneur emerges.Contributors are: Carlos Álvarez-Nogal, Pepijn Brandon, William Caferro, Stephen Conway, Thomas Goossens, Aaron Graham, Rhoads Murphey, David Parrott, Helen Paul, Guy Rowlands, Kahraman Şakul, Marjolein 't Hart, Andrea Thiele, and Rafael Torres Sánchez. Editorial Reviews Review "This collection of essays is a valuable contribution towards helping us better understand a hitherto neglected area in the study of the relationship between the state and its military in the early modern world. It is a subject that holds much promise and this volume demonstrates how that promise is being fulfilled." - Henry Quinn About the Author Jeff Fynn-Paul, Ph.D. (2005) University of Toronto, is Lecturer in History and International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely on urban history, social stratification, and institutions with a focus on late medieval Iberia.