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Renaissance history and wargaming links

• The Art of Warfare 16th Century battles.
• The Battle of Naseby 1645.
• The Battlefields Trust Maps, photos, and information about battlefields in Britain. Includes ancient and medieval battles as well as ECW, Monmouth's rebellion, and Jacobite rebellions.
• Border Warfare Battles and fortifications of the Border Reivers.
• British History Online Lots of historical sources including the State Papers.
• Condottieri di Ventura Italian website about Condottieri 1330-1550.
• Corsari del Mediterraneo Italian website about corsairs of the Mediterranean 13th 17th Centuries.
• Drei igj hrigen Krieg German website about the 30YW.
• Elizabethan Fencing and the Art of Defense William Wilson, author of The Arte of Defence, has a website dedicated to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century fencing.
• English Civil War Coats and Colours A painting guide from the Baccus 6mm website.
• English Civil War Society A reconstruction of the armies of the English Civil Wars.
• The Geometry of War No that doesn't mean prodding someone with a compass from your geometry set. This is about mathematics, gunnery, and fortifications.
• Great North War and The War of the Spanish Succession Uniform and painting guide from the Baccus 6mm website.
• Historical Description of Clothing and Armament of Russian Troops The first volume of Viskavatov's book on the Russian army covers the period up to 1700.
• John Francis Guilmartin was a pilot in the Vietnam war, and later a military historian. Some of his writings on 16th century naval warfare are on his website.
• The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology.
• The myArmoury.com website has lots of resources about historic arms and armour.
• Peter 'Gonsalvo' Anderson's Wargaming Page has a resource page for the upcoming Piquet Band of Brothers rules, version II (late medieval/renaissance 1200-1600).
• The Pike and Shot Society, publishers of The Arquebusier journal.
• Polish Renaissance Warfare Summary of conflicts, battles and campaigns, army composition and army development from 1450 to 1699.
• Renatio et Gloriam Wargames rules and lists for renaissance warfare 1494-1721 using the game engine for Mortem et Gloriam.
• Spanish Fury One of The Perfect Captain s rulesets for warfare in the late 16th Century, including large and small scale miniatures rules, a stand-alone siege warfare game and supplements for naval warfare.
• The Wars of Karl IX Wars of Sweden against the Poles, Danes and Muscovy in the early 1600s.

This page last updated 9 October 2023

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