"Renaissance Warfare Magazine? There's some interest..." Topic

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Would people be interested in a Renaissance Warfare magazine.

37% said "no, I would not be interested"
35% said "yes, I would be interested"
2% said "I don't read magazines"

I'm still planning on starting this after I retire, my job won't let me at the moment.

It would go nicely with the "Ancient Warfare" and "Medieval Warfare" already in print if it was of that quality and research level.

I would be interested if it covered the Americas.

given the fact that Renaissance is mainly the 16th century, since c.1453/1492, more only early 17th the American military topics seem me quite limited, the Spanish conquest against Aztecs and Incas…

"Renaissance Warfare Magazine" makes me think in Italian Wars, French Religious Wars, first part of the 80 Years War until the truce of 1609, add Ivan the Terrible, Great Armada, Samuraï and wars against Ottomans…

in spanish there is Desperta Ferro mixing articles written from universitarian and searchers from around the world with artwork
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their Serie Historia Moderna reaching 50 issues of which the 12 following "Renaissance" titles and further 7 from the Special Serie
pero tienen que leer castellano caballeros…

Historia Moderna
5 Samurai
6 Lepanto 1571
12 Conquista de México
14 Guerra de Esmalcalda 1546-1547
19 El Gran Capitán
22 Farnesio en Francia
25 Guerra de las Alpujarras 1568-1571
30 Pavia 1525
37 Conquista del Perú
42 La Gran Armada 1588
46 Gran sitio de Malta 1565
50 El Duque de Alba en Flandes 1568-1573

more 7 Extra Special issues
5 Los Tercios(I) siglo XVI
9 Los Tercios (III) Norte de África
11 Los Tercios (IV) Américas
14 La Armada española (I) el Mediterráneo siglo XVI
15 Los Tercios (V) Asia
18 La Armada española (II)
22 La Armada española (III)

Lilian, I agree that most people think of the conflicts you mentioned when speaking about wars that fall under the renaissance umbrella. That said, there were campaigns in Mexico that involved more than just the Aztecs, and there is a lot of potential for subject matter throughout Central and South America.

I did 10 quarterly issues of The Renaissance World on MagWeb. It's one of the magazines I still own. I keep thinking I should go back and take another look at it, maybe edit and rework it. No fancy artwork or graphics. It was mostly text.

Issue 1 TOC:

Issue 1: Collision Course
Winter 2005

Table of Contents

The Italian Wars: 1494-1518 (1)

The Expedition of Charles VIII
Five Prominent Italian States: Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples, and Papal States
Rivalry of The States
Charles Crosses the Alps: Sept. 2, 1494
The Battle of Fornovo: July 6, 1495 and Treaty of Vercelli: Oct. 10, 1495
Savonarola and Florence
Pope Alexander VI Interferes: Sept. 1495
Burn Savonarola Burn
Louis XII: The War of Milan and Naples
The French Enter Italy: August 1499
Sforza Family Fortunes
Treaty of Grenada: November 11, 1500
The War of Naples: July 1502
Small Map of Italy (slow: 173K)
Large Map of Italy (extremely slow: 718K)
Jumbo Map of Italy (monstrously slow: 2.47MB! )

The World of Ivan the Terrible (1)
Russia Old and New
The Territory
Social Classes: The Aristocracy
Political and Social Organization: The Origin of Absolutism
The Peasants
The Serfs
The Townsfolk
The Church

The Peasants War of Germany 1525-1526 (1)
Situation: First Quarter of the 16th Century
Prester John
The Religious Sphere
The New Life
Construction and Bibliography

Lucrezia (Tornabuoni) Dei Medici
Profile
Lauda II (Spiritual Poem)
Lauda IV (Spiritual Poem)
Medici Timeline

Also have 10 issues os the Chronicles of King Philip's War, which I own, up on MagWeb. Also had both issues of Partizan Press' Renaissance Notes & Queries up on MagWeb, but I don't own them. Maybe go a pdf route with Wargamers Vault or Kindle…