"Helion Retinue to Regiment 1453-1618 serie" Topic

Helion has announced a new serie covering the Renaissance under Charles Singleton's auspices

I shall also be curating a new book series, ‘Retinue to Regiment 1453- 1618' that will examine developments in military affairs from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the eve of the Thirty Years War in 1618'.

no titles announced yet, so all bets are off until next Christmas for the topics covered…
was mainly the century of the Italian Wars 1494-1559, but also the Wars of the Roses, Swiss against Burgundy, French Wars of Religion 1562-1598, Dutch United Provinces 80 Years War, the Great Armada 1588, Conquistadores against Aztecs and Incas, Landsknechts and Reiters, Janissaries, Charles Quint François Ier, Henry VIII's Armies, so maybe one of them

Helion is putting out some really interesting stuff these days.thanks for sharing!

no titles announced yet, so all bets are off until next Christmas for the topics covered…

I took a look at their 17th century book range, and a lot of the topics seem somewhat Anglo-centric, so I would not be surprised to see the same continue here. Of course a lot will depend on what individual authors will propose, but I would not be surprised to see books dealing with:

- Wars of the Roses
- Anglo-Scottish wars
- Marian civil war in Scotland
- Warfare in Elizabethian Ireland
- English peasant rebellions of 16th century
- English continental expeditions 1513-1558
- English regiments serving in United Provinces
- England and the Great Armada
- English expeditions to the New World
- English tournament in the 16th century

Though hopefully they will also manage to release a number of titles dealing with Johnny Foreigners.

:) of course it is a british editor and so to live and publish more books need to have a catalogue concerning British Commonwealth Military History, their customers don't really expect the Reminiscences of Clermont Prince's Legion foot Dragoons Volunteers in the hunt of the beast of the Gevaudan in 1765

Indeed it is true that their new serie From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 seems also very anglo-centric, From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 largely for the Napoleonic part and less for XVIIIth century even if there are/will be some French Italian Swiss Ottoman napoleonic titles but Century of the Soldier 1618-1721 under same Charles Singleton's auspices not at all, the serie is/will be largely opened to others topics than the English Civil War, Bruno Mugnai and René Chartrand's sub-series and others authors covering whole Europe from Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, German States and Austria, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Italian States Ottoman…
about the 8 next titles expected for the first half of 2019, only one British ECW

TMP link

as written all bets are off…I would add Japan and Samuraïs in my initial list about popular non-english topics

I would be happily surprised if my somewhat cynical assumptions will be proven wrong, and also the world outside the British islands will be covered.

It will probably help if the editor will be able to recruit some Johnny Foreigner historians to contribute to the series.

If they really try to cover the development of retinue to regiment, they will have to leave the islands and look from Italy to Burgund – especially to the development of the Landsknechts under Maximilian there, who combined the organization inherited by Charles with the martial ways of the Swiss into a martial tradition that developed some corps de esprit as infantry based upon its organisation. Well, they did have one of their first international showup at Stoke Field, so there is hope :-)

I would also like to see more on continental subjects, but, as suggested above, Helion is presumably dependent on proposals from authors. I can't imagine that Helion's budget extends to paying translators, so that is going to limit the number of potential authors on continental subjects.

In any event, I am most grateful to Helion for the various series of books and applaud Helion's willingness to invest in books which aren't exactly going to sell by the truckload. Thanks also to the wuthors, as I don't imagine that their royalties are making them rich.

don't be so pessimistic, pay attention to next Century of the Soldier titles for first half of 2019
-an Italian author about Piemontese Army
-an Italian author and artist about Dutch Army
-a Swedish about Swedish Army and Scanian War
-a French author about Spanish Army
-a French Canadian prolific author about French Royal Guard
-an English about Wallenstein's Army
-an English about ECW flags

I recommend folks spend some time browsing Helion's website. They are not shy about tackling non-anglocentric subjects, let alone esoteric ones. They have, for example, discreet series for Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. A series for South Asia is launching soon. I'm very excited about this one.

Some of my recent purchases were the first volumes covering the armies of the Dutch Republic (1713-1772) and Saxony (1733-63), and the volume on the forces of Muscovy (1462-1689). My anglocentric buys covered the West Indies campaign of 1794 and the German Auxiliaries with the British Army (1793-950, so not quite the usual rehash of Waterloo and the Peninsula.

I wasn't intending to suggest that Helion isn't covering Continental topics, I just want more!

Well, I'm going to shrug off some of the cynicism above and declare that I'm delighted to have Helion offer subjects from the 16th century. I have a number of their 17th Century titles, including top class coverage of Great Northern War subjects, and I' m sure that Charles Singleton will edit an excellent and wide-ranging bookshelf.

Thank you all for the positive words- a quick look at the 35 (approx) books published in the Century of the Soldier series so far, and over half are arguably of themes not connected to the British Isles. This number will grow. I currently have 50+ titles scheduled up to 2022 and they cover an increasingly diverse range of topics.

The new series Retinue to Regiment will launch we hope at the Bosworth Battlefield Park in August 2019. Books signed up so far cover Japanese siege warfare in the 16th century,armies of the Skemaldic League, The Japanese- Korean War of the 16th century and a detailed mini series covering the major battles of the Italian Wars. I am keen for books on the Swiss, the French Wars of Religion and the Spanish and Dutch armies in the later 16th century.

I am always eager to publish more and more titles that cover all aspects of the periods in question. I will be the first to admit that the English Civil War is always very popular, but getting more European and Asian areas of history 'out there' is the goal. If historians and writers can come forward with good book proposals I am keen to know more.

We shall also be expanding the conferences next year too. I shall be running the Century of the Soldier conference at the National Army Museum, London on Saturday 21st September 2019- the theme will be the Armies of the Later Stuarts.

I am also currently in discussion to run a dedicated English Civil War conference in Shrewsbury next November- I hope to post details soon.

Apart from writing for Simon Miller's new ECW rules and the forthcoming Italian Wars supplement for Warlord Games (sorry a bit over due) I am also keen to develop further 17th century pike and shot wargames ideas, so keep a look out for the FB page I help run '17th Century Wargaming' too.

Always happy to chat about new ideas

thanks

Charles Singleton
Series Editor
CENTURY OF THE SOLDIER 1618-1721
RETINUE TO REGIMENT 1453-1618

Excited to hear about the Imjin War and Italian Wars titles. What was the Skemaldic League?

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sorry should be spelt Schmalkaldic

officially launched, first title july 2019 (n°10?)

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3 forthcoming titles added for august to november 2019

THE ARMY OF THE SWABIAN LEAGUE 1525
Douglas Miller

TANAKA 1587. JAPAN'S GREATEST UNKNOWN SAMURAI BATTLE
Dr Stephen Turnbull

and the first of 7 volumes for the mini-serie mentionned by Charles last 19th november
THE ITALIAN WARS VOLUME 1 THE EXPEDITION OF CHARLES VIII INTO ITALY AND THE BATTLE OF FORNOVO
Massimo Predonzani

BOSWORTH announced for early august

TANAKA 1587 with a new card cover seems to take the second place to be published…

Very good news about the Italian wars.
Except for Oman, Shaw & Mallet, and a couple of ospreys there isn't anything in English.

the first for this year and two per years after

It seems that there will be future titles about the French Dutch and Spanish Armies of the 16th century…?

forthcoming for 2020
The Imjin War 1592-1598: The Japanese invasion of Korea
Jeffrey M. Shaw
The Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592 unleashed a brutal conflict known in the West as the Imjin War. Forces from Korea and their ally, Ming China, resisted the Japanese, finally ending the war in 1598. The initial Japanese invasion witnessed the largest maritime expedition ever assembled, as over 150,000 samurai sailed from japan to Korea. Over the course of the war, the Korean navy led by the national hero Yi Sun Sin eroded Japan's ability to maintain its forces in Korea.

This book brings together scholarship from English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean sources. Examining the historical factors which led to the war, some of the technological developments which facilitated the conflict, and the armies and leaders that met in this seminal conflict, this book offers readers a view of the Imjin War's place in history and its impact on relations between Korea, China, and Japan in the twenty first century.

others forthcoming titles for 2020

something funny for the same period the english-speaking consider 8 Italian Wars, the Italians themselves 8, the Spaniards 9 and the French 11
so the (english and spanish) War of League of Cognac is the 5th Italian War of the Italians and 7th Italian war of the French

the following battles of the Volume 2 during the War of League of Cambrai (1508-1516) of the Spanish English historiographies and even Italian (or 3rd) took place during the 4th and 5th Italian Wars of the French

The Italian Wars Volume 2: Agnadello 1509, Ravenna 1512, Marignano 1515
The League of Cambrai was an alliance stipulated in December 1508 between the main European powers with the purpose of halting the expansion of the Republic of Venice. The war that followed was one of the major conflicts in the Italian wars: it lasted from 1508 to 1516, and saw several stages. The major States involved were the Kingdom of France, the Pontifical State, and the Republic of Venice. They were sided by the European powers of Spain, England, Scotland, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of Hungary, other than several minor States, such as the Dukedom of Milan, the Republic of Florence, the Dukedom of Ferrara, the city of Mantua, and the Swiss cantons.

The authors describe the three phases that followed one another during the conflict, and the alternating alliances among the States involved – the League against Venice in the Battle of Agnadello; the following League against France, declared by Pope Julius II, in the Battle of Ravenna; finally, the last phase of the conflict with the alliance between Venice and France in the Battle of Marignano, also known as the Battle of the Giants.

In this volume, the structure of the armies, the weapons, the battles and their death toll are described. Chronicles, reports, and studies on the subject were compared and contrasted with one another to render a picture as true as possible to the reality of facts, highlighting the often contrasting versions of the chroniclers. Finally, military heraldry, armies' identification marks, and captains' emblems displayed on garments, harnesses, and insignias are analysed. Also in this case, documentary sources were studied and compared with the iconographical sources.

The Commotion Time: Tudor Rebellions of 1549
In 1549 two major rebellions and several minor uprising occurred spontaneously throughout England. In East Anglia Robert Kett, aggrieved at the abuses of enclosure, laid siege to Norwich until defeated by Royal forces at the bloody battle of Dussindale. At the same time, thousands of commoners of Devon and Cornwall rose up against the introduction of the English-language Book of Common Prayer and the systematic destruction of their traditional faith. Like Norwich, Exeter was besieged throughout the long summer until, in a brutal campaign by government forces and hired foreign mercenaries, the rebellion was finally suppressed.

Previous histories of the rebellions of 1549 have explored their causes in great depth, but little attention has been given to the military history of the campaigns. Yet the mid-Tudor period rests on the cusp between a medieval form of warfare and the new emerging ideas that defined warfare in the early-modern period, making the battles of 1549 of crucial importance in understanding the transition between the two. In this book Dr E.T. Fox explores how the 'medieval' rebels of the Devon and Cornwall militias fared against the German pikemen and Italian arquebusiers the government sent against them.