Another change occurred, in that armies changed from being mercenary based to kingdoms establishing their own standing armies. As a result, professional soldiers emerged which only continued to elevate the common soldier’s status in society. This occurred for a few reasons. Before arquebuses, a state maintaining a standing army was incredibly dangerous and expensive to handle. A standing army under a commander was mechanically difficult to manage while standing bowmen, as stated before, required constant training to be effective. Granted, it was possible that a standing army could be stronger than a mercenary based army, but most countries did not want to take the continual drain on their resources. The French had developed a standing army merely out of necessity for themselves due to the Hundred Years War. However, with arquebuses, states could have the benefits of a standing army, but without technically having one. Once initially trained, Arquebuses could reside in their local communities until the kingdom called them. With this, Commanders now had to hold a better appreciation of these communities since that is where their troops came from instead of Condottieri having to recruit their mercenary armies individually. As the effectiveness of arquebuses continued to grow during the Italian Wars, they expectedly caught the attention of the philosophers of the time whose works pushed these new cultural attitudes toward the common soldier. Perhaps one of the greatest
“Which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war - comradeship,” (Remarque 27). Throughout the war, soldiers depend on each other to be able to live another day. Through small acts of kindness, sorrow from loss, and never leaving one behind emerges the theme of comradeship, which is clearly represented in the novel, All Quiet On The Western Front.”
During the Middle Ages, or also known as the Medieval Ages, change was a major part of that period. Europe was watching war become much different. In the older times, a few thousands of troops were considered a large army. Nowadays, nobody has ever seen such size of an army with such variety in weapons including guns, munitions, and artillery that were all developed during that period. Besides, it was obvious that the face of warfare was changing by the end of the fifteenth century. Two of the most significant developments were the maintaining of a fair amount of troops on a permanent basis at the ready, and the rising need of gunpowder weapons and munitions. In essence The Middle
Military technology, along with weaponry improved from medieval times. Instead of being used as a form of entertainment for the Queen, armor and weaponry began to be used
Financing the large organizations was no easy task when so many mouths had to be feed, clothed, and armed. Not only were there a lot of soldiers, but the price of weaponry was increasing as well. Combat basically comes down to one thing, money; and the army that could last the longest was eventually able to wear down the enemy instead of having to destroy their armies. Many times the kings of the 1700s would devote anywhere from 75 to 90 percent of
Tim O'Brien's book, "The Things They Conveyed," gives profitable understanding into the brains of officers, and edifies us to the enthusiastic and mental expenses of war. In particular, the stories of Mary Anne, the infant water wild ox and the section, "In the Field," assist us with relating to the transformation that fighters experience. While the conspicuous connection for O'Brien's novel is to talk about the physical protests every fighter conveyed were a great deal more critical, including such things as individual questions, reasons for alarm, and dreams.
Armieswere hired out to governments. They were personally supplied by their leaders. King Louis established a definite
way around, and used mostly to contain, punish, or intimidate rather than to attack or
The idea behind this rule was that these people were considered to be well-behave and that they had reason to fight in the army. However, with the changing times the number of property owners was diminishing due to the land being bought out by wealthy individuals, and the farmers having to move to the city. As the category of eligible people to join the army became even more limited, the category of those who weren’t grew along with unemployment and social issues in the city. Marius opened up recruitment for the military to the poor. This saw great changes to the army because it introduced greater numbers within the army itself, increasing overall strength, as well as offering a form of profession to those individuals who were previously excluded. On the other hand, political this reform had a different impact. Although the reform offered answers to the rising social issues, such as unemployment and overcrowding, the roman nobility did not approve. The inclusion of the lower classes was seen as change, which the nobility disapproved of because changing the rule could lead to the people wishing to change more of the rules that benefitted the nobility. Furthermore, it was disapproved by the nobility as it gave more power to the majority, which could have been seen as a threat. The reforming the recruitment of the army by the Marian reforms reflected the qualities of Marius that made him a good general. It
He also describes what it was like to write the book and how the popularity of his work was greater than he could have imagined. His tone in these sections is much more that of a civilian, and not a soldier, and this lets the reader feel that there is an end to the madness Caputo has endured, at least to some extent. The most successful aspect of this book is Caputo’s ability to show his readers both the good and bad sides of himself and the soldiers he knew, as well as the true psychological effects of warfare. This book should be read not only by Historians and History majors, but all college-level
To do so, kings and rulers, started permanent standing armies. Armies that would be professionally trained for combat and would be ready to conquer lands and to control a rebellion by force. The several wars that Louis XIV waged would not have been able if there was no trained army. Peter the Great made a permanent standing army as well. He made the military a large concern.
The Portrayal of War in Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce et Decorum Est
The specific works I am intending to analyze is Siegfried Sassoon’s WWI poetry “They”, “The Rear-Guard’, “The General”, and “Glory of Women”. The argument I will make about these works is Sassoon’s public protest to show the realities of war and explain his tactics on doing so. Sassoon “attack[ed] the old men of the army, Church, and the government” because he believed they were responsible for the miseries and murders of the young soldiers during WWI. I intent to make the argument both cultural and historical. Example ideas or paragraphs for this paper include the poems “They” and “The Rear-Guard” play a role in the protest by illustrating the damaging aftermath of injury or death. These poems also portrays what it was like during the war
De Bernier’s uses a theme of madness to illustrate his views on war. Madness is, personified by Mussolini, who is depicted bluntly in the chapter, ‘The Duce’. The chapters portrays at an early stage the miserable state of affairs that force the Italians into conflict and invasion, all due to the whim of an insane who considers the lives of people on the same level as his own trivial domestic affairs, ‘Greece is a totalitarian state that should naturally be on our side…I can’t stand cats. What do you mean, it saves on mousetraps? Don’t tell me when I can or cannot use my revolver indoors.’
Helps the Middle Class to Rise The Hundred Years War was a conflict between England and France that lasted (with some interruptions) from 1337 to 1453 (“The Hundred”). Although the war caused many significant changes in both England and France, one of the most interesting ones was its contribution to the end of feudalism and the development of a true middle class in England. The Hundred Years War helped the middle class to rise by reducing the number of available workers in the population, exposing ordinary soldiers to the crossbow, and assisting in the formation of overseas trade partnerships.
During the Republic, there were many factors that made cavalry service preferable to other occupations to members of the equestrian class. One of the most important benefits of cavalry service was that it fulfilled the military requirement for political service more quickly: "...a cavalry soldier must serve for ten years in all and an infantry soldier for sixteen years" (Polybius, VI.6). Cavalry service requirements, if begun at age 17 (McCall, 169), could be completed by age 27, while an infantryman would owe service to the state until age 33. There were more immediate benefits, as well. Cavalrymen earned three times the infantry wage, could bring two servants, and could socialize with other men of their rank from other areas (McCall, 228-236). They also had access