Stephen Turnbull
Autore di Book of the Medieval Knight
Sull'Autore
Stephen Turnbull is an Honorary Lecturer at Leeds, a Research Associate at SOAS and Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Akita International University. He is a leading expert on the military history of Europe and the Far East and the author of more than fifty books on the subject. His mostra altro expertise was also put to use in helping design the award-winning computer strategy game Shogun Total War, and in 2010 he acted as Historical Adviser to Universal Pictures fro the movie 47 Ronin. mostra meno
Opere di Stephen Turnbull
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights, Vol. 2: The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia, 1185-1560 (2004) 70 copie
The Art of Renaissance Warfare: From the Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War (2006) 63 copie
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights 1: The Red-Bricked Castles of Prussia, 1230-1466 (2003) 62 copie
The Samurai in 100 Objects: The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images (2016) 10 copie
The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day (Japan Library) (1998) 9 copie
47 Ronin 3 copie
Japan's Sexual Gods: Shrines, Roles and Rituals of Procreation and Protection (Brill's Japanese Studies… (2015) 2 copie
Mongolen Krieger 1200-1350 Ill. v. Reynolds, Wayne /McBride, Angus Deutsch zahlr. z.T. farb. Abb. - (2008) 2 copie
[(Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC - AD 1644)] [Author: Stephen Turnbull] published on (May, 2009) 1 copia
Wojny złotego wieku 1 copia
LA CAIDA DE LA ORDEN TEUTONICA 1 copia
The Samurai-A Military History 1 copia
Opere correlate
Desperta Ferro. Los Diádocos:Guerra fraticida por el imperio de Alejandro. — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Talasocracias (Desperta Ferro 6) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
1813, Napoleón contra Europa (Desperta Ferro Historia Moderna 4) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Turnbull, Stephen
- Nome legale
- Turnbull, Stephen Richard
- Data di nascita
- 1948-02-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Leeds (MA|1992 - Theology|MA|2005 - Military History|Ph.D|1996)
Downing College, University of Cambridge (BA|1969) - Attività lavorative
- historian
lecturer (Far Eastern Religions) - Organizzazioni
- To-Ken Society of Great Britain
British Association of Japanese Studies
Japan Society of London
University of Leeds
British Samurai Society
Medieval History Magazine (Editorial Board, 2003-2005) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Canon Prize (1994)
Japan Festival Literary Award (1998)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 108
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 4,732
- Popolarità
- #5,322
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 68
- ISBN
- 258
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 5
Considering the fame Japanese warriors garnered on the bloody battlefields of their homeland, it was not unexpected that during the peacetime, all these warriors turned their attention toward near abroad where they could sell their services and do what they do best. For Japanese central government that emerged after the bloody internal war period this was also a very good turn of events because they were getting rid of surplus of armed and dangerous men that could never be put under the full control and could cause problems.
Besides above mentioned way of exporting soldiers, Japanese became involved with foreigners, serving as hired swords, through the Japanese communities in the South East Asia that had rather strange relationship with the motherland - while they did bring business and trade to the mainland and thus enabled exchange of goods through the entire region, these freelancers were also very much involved in the piracy in South East Asia. As pirates they were quite notorious. Because of this dual role Japan did not want to do anything with them, when they got into problems. Very interesting are correspondences between Shogun and kings of Siam and Cambodia, where Shogun informs them that these pirates if caught are to be treated by the local law and custom, without any interference from the Japanese government.
Third source of Japanese mercenaries was due to the religious issues - lots of Japanese Christians were expelled from the mainland and these people found very soon service in Spanish and Portuguese armies fighting for their respective state interests in the South East Asia. This caused Japanese forces to fight one another at times.
Also interesting is role played by Dutch East India Company (VOC) and their employment of Japanese troops for outright conflict with Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. When it comes to Chinese, Taiwan (known as Isla de Formosa at the time), also played a central role in the wars involving Japanese mercenaries. And not just mercenaries, but also several plans for invasion of China that were planned but never executed by the Japanese themselves.
Playing a pivotal role in conflicts from Siam, Cambodia to Malaya and Taiwan (Koxinga's Iron Men, tell me better name for the mercenary outfit, even if it wasn't 100% Japanese outfit) , Japanese mercenaries suffered a fate that no mercenary group can evade - while they were used by their mainland government from time to time, at the very end they were abandoned and left to their own devices whenever they got into troubles with locals.
Also interesting is the way how they were viewed by their employers - while local SE Asia kingdoms held them in high esteem and trust, European powers viewed them as they viewed all the mercenaries - good soldiers, with a bit of wee crazy/berserker approach to combat, but something to keep at the arms length due to the nature of the job they are hired for.
Very interesting book, highly recommended to history and especially military history buffs.… (altro)