Geoffrey Parker

Geoffrey Parker

Geoffrey Parker has written at least 16 books. Their most popular book is The Cambridge History of Warfare with 4 saves with an average rating of 3⭐.

Author Bio

Noel Geoffrey Parker, FBA (born Nottingham, United Kingdom, 25 December 1943) is a British historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the early modern era. His best known book is *Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800*, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.

He holds his BA, MA, PhD and Litt.D. degrees from Cambridge University where he studied under the historian Sir John Huxtable Elliott.

Parker has taught at the University of Illinois, the University of St. Andrews and Yale University. He is currently the Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at The Ohio State University.

Parker was a consultant and main contributor on the BBC series, Armada: *12 Days to Save England*.

**Source**: Geoffrey Parker on Wikipedia.

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

5 released books

Authored 20% of series

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by J.H. Elliott, Geoffrey Parker, and H.M. Scott.

The Old World and the New: 1492 - 1650
The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars
The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-1775
Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts: Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany
The dynastic state and the army under Louis XIV

Series

4 released books

Authored 0% of series

Cambridge Illustrated Histories

Cambridge Illustrated Histories is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Paul Anthony Cartledge.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the West
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World