A review by aloyokon
Furies: War in Europe 1450-1700 by Lauro Martines

3.0

The era of the Renaissance was not all Michelangelo and Shakespeare, unfortunately. As Lauro Martines makes clear in this book, the convergence of new technologies, religious division, and the growth of centralized authority and power in what would become the modern European nations contributed to the incessant, destructive wars of these two and a half centuries. Above all, "Furies" showcases conflict from the view of the grunt and the civilian, and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that in all times, war is hell.