Today's anniversary. Here
Monday 29 July 2024
Sunday 28 July 2024
Regiment Spinola anno 1700
From Belgium. Newish group. Facebook page here
Recreating troops from the Spanish Netherlands I believe.René Chartrand
Sad to hear of the passing of Canadian historian René Chartrand. Authored many essential books. I chose this cover as a classic.
Saturday 27 July 2024
Friday 26 July 2024
Polish cavalry
Roelant Savery, Polish Cavalry Marching in the Woods, 1614, Here
Michal Paradowski has said they might be Hungarians. Or Croats. See hereWednesday 24 July 2024
Tuesday 23 July 2024
Bagpipes in the 17th century
On the Monmouth Rebellion Facebook page there was a discussion on whether the Royal Scots had pipers or not. It seemed from what Stephen Carter said the Colonel's company had them. So the next question is what were bagpipes of 1685 like? Found this article which is interesting. Anybody know more on the subject?
Monday 22 July 2024
Sunday 21 July 2024
French landing on the Isle of Wight 1545
Happened today. Wiki
"The 21 day of July the French galleys and navie came before Portesmouth haven, and landed certeine of theyre armye in the Yle of Wyght, and there burned and camped there about to the nomber of 2,000 men, and came every tyde with theyr gallies and shott their ordinaunce at the Kinges ships in the haven; but the winde was so calme that the Kinges shippes could bear noe sayle, which was a great discomfort for them."
Saturday 20 July 2024
Talk on James II's army at the National Army Museum London
The Army of James II
2 August, 12.00pm, Free
Discover the importance of King James II in the creation and development of the British Army with Stephen Ede-Borrett.
Stephen Ede-Borrett will evaluate the effectiveness and structure of James’s force, while also explaining why his role in the creation of the British Army has been so often ignored.
Don't miss: https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/army-james-ii
Friday 19 July 2024
Thursday 18 July 2024
The Renaissance at War
This book I got from the Library. It's good.
With the dawning of the Renaissance came technological and social advances that changed forever the art of warfare. Rich with anecdotal detail, a compelling and comprehensive narrative by an expert military historian transports you to the midst of the action as it examines the strategies, campaigns, prominent figures, and key conflicts of the age. From artillery and fortifications to military leadership, from cavalry tactics to the new infantry, from the Crusades to the guerrilla wars in late 16th-century France, penetrating cultural, tactical, and technical analyses plus numerous illustrations, maps, and charts paint a full portrait of Renaissance warfare.Monday 15 July 2024
Saturday 13 July 2024
Roundway Down
Battle of Roundway Down(7-13-1643) diorama @Frazier museum… | Leon Kay Flickr |
Today's anniversary is this battle near Devizes. Read about it here
Friday 12 July 2024
Thursday 11 July 2024
The English Civil War: Myth, Legend and Popular Memory
By Charles Esdaile. Looks interesting.
Cavaliers and Roundheads are figures who appear in hundreds of English ghost stories. In this innovative account, Charles Esdaile argues that such tales are in reality folk memories of an episode of English history that was second only to the Black Death in terms of individual and collective suffering alike, and, further, that they reveal important truths about the way in which the conflict was represented: it is no surprise, then, to find that spectral Cavaliers are often romantic figures and revenant Roundheads grim ones full of menace. Yet, the book is no mere catalogue. On the contrary, rather than being discussed in a vacuum, the tales of haunting are rather set within a detailed regional history of the conflicts of 1642-1651 of a sort that has never yet been attempted, but is, for all that, badly needed.Wednesday 10 July 2024
Langport 1645
Today's anniversary. From the wiki
Following its previous success at Naseby in June, in the Battle of Langport the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax destroyed the last Royalist field army, led by Lord Goring. This Parliamentarian victory allowed them to besiege the Royalist port of Bristol, which surrendered in September.
Royalist commander George Lord Goring. |
Tuesday 9 July 2024
Saturday 6 July 2024
Thursday 4 July 2024
Nassau-Saarbrück cavalerie
Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich von Nassau-Saarbrücken 1745 als "Maréchal de camp" und Inhaber des französischen Regiments "Nassau-Saarbrück-Cavalerie"