Seminar: Military Revolutions. Genese und Bedeutung eines Forschungsansatzes

TU Chemnitz | Sommersemester 2026 Seminar: Military Revolutions. Genese und Bedeutung eines Forschungsansatzes

Präsenzveranstaltung

Donnerstags: 17.15-18.45 Uhr

Raum: Weinholdbau

Dozent: Prof. Dr. Martin Clauss 

Module (Europ. Geschichte): PM 4, SM 2.1, SM 2.2

Stud.-Gruppen: wo: B_EG__2, B_EG__4, B_EG__6, B_Ge__2, B_Ge__4, B_Ge__6, B_Po__2, B_Po__4, B_Po_6, M_EG_2, M_EG_4 fak: SGPhilSS, SGSS

 

In Wikipedia wird 'Military Revolution' wie folgt beschrieben: "The Military Revolution is the theory that a series of radical changes in military strategy and tactics during the 16th and 17th centuries resulted in major lasting changes in governments and society. The theory was introduced by Michael Roberts in the 1950s as he focused on Sweden (1560–1660) searching for major changes in the European way of war caused by the introduction of portable firearms. Roberts linked military technology with larger historical consequences, arguing that innovations in tactics, drill and doctrine by the Dutch and Swedes (1560–1660), which maximized the utility of firearms, led to a need for more trained troops and thus for permanent forces (standing armies). Armies grew much larger and more expensive. These changes in turn had major political consequences in the level of administrative support and the supply of money, men and provisions, producing new financial demands and the creation of new governmental institutions. "Thus, argued Roberts, the modern art of war made possible—and necessary—the creation of the modern state" (Black, Jeremy (2008), "Was There a Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe?", History Today, 58 (7): 34–41).

Im Seminar werden wir gemeinsam verschiedene Aspekte des Forschungsansatz, seine Genese, seine Weiterentwicklung und die an ihm geübte Kritik diskutieren. Dabei wird es unter anderem um die Frage gehen, warum dieser Ansatz so erfolgreich war und ist und auf welche Zeiten und Räume er sich sinnvoll übertragen lässt.

Das Seminar beruht auf der regelmäßigen vorbereitenden Lektüre diverser Forschungstexte in englischer Sprache und ihrer gemeinsamen Diskussion.

Vorbereitende Literatur:

Black, Jeremy (2008), "Was There a Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe?", History Today, 58 (7): 34–41

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Ablaufplan:

Nr.

Datum

Lehrform

 Lektüre

 

1

9.4.

 Präsenz

 Einführung

 

2

16.4

 Präsenz

Rogers, Clifford J.: The Military Revolution in History and Historiography, in: Clifford J. Rogers (Hg.), The military revolution debate : readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, Boulder 1995, S. 1-12.

Gemeinsame Diskussion

3

23.4.

Präsenz
    • Roberts, Michael, The military revolution, 1560-1660 (Essays in Swedish History (Minneapolis, 1967), S. 195-225).

Gemeinsame Diskussion

4

30.4.

 Lektüreblock 1

 

 

5

7.5.

 

 

14.5.

Christi Himmelfahrt

 

 

6

21.5.

 Präsenz
    • Parker, Geoffrey, The military revolution. Military innovation and the rise of the West, 1500 - 1800, Cambridge 2006.

Referatsgruppe 1

7

28.5.

 Präsenz
    • Lynn, John A., The trace italienne and the Growth of Armies: The French Case, in: Clifford J. Rogers (Hg.), The military revolution debate: readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, Boulder 1995, S. 169-200.
    • Arnold Thomas F. , Fortifications and the Military Revolution: The Gonzaga Experience, 1530-1630, in: Clifford J. Rogers (Hg.), The military revolution debate: readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, Boulder 1995, S. 201-226.

Referatsgruppe 2

8

4.6.

 Lektüreblock 2

 

 

9

11.6.

 

 

10

18.6.

 Präsenz
    • Clifford J. Rogers, The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years War, In: The Military Revolution Debate. Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe, hg. v. Clifford J. Rogers (History and warfare), New York 1995, S. 55–93.
    • Andrew Ayton/J. L. Price, lntroduction: The Military Revolution from a Medieval Perspective, in: The medieval military revolution. State, society and military change in medieval and early modern Europe, hg. v. Andrew Ayton/J. L. Price, London 1995, S. 1–22.
    • Michael Prestwich, Armies and warfare in the Middle Ages. The English experience, New Haven 1996, S. 334-346.

Referatsgruppe 3

11

25.6.

 Präsenz
    • Parker, Geoffrey:  In Defense of The Military Revolution, in: Clifford J. Rogers (Hg.), The military revolution debate : readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, Boulder 1995, S. 1-12.

Gemeinsame Diskussion

12

2.7.

 Lektüreblock 3

 

 

13

9.7.

 

 

14

16.7.

 Präsenz
    • Gongora, Thierry; Riekhoff, Harald von, Introduction:. Sizing up the Revolution in Military Affairs, in: Thierry Gongora, Harald von Riekhoff (Hg.), Toward a revolution in military affairs? Defense and security at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Westport, Conn. 2000, S. 1–20.
    • Rogers, Clifford J., "Military Revolutions" and "Revolutions in Military Affairs":. A Historian's Perspective, in: Thierry Gongora, Harald von Riekhoff (Hg.), Toward a revolution in military affairs? Defense and security at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Westport, Conn. 2000, S. 21–36.
       

Gemeinsame Diskussion
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