This book describes the fighting techniques of soldiers when gunpowder replaced steel as the weapon of choice. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available, and describes how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Using specially-commissioned colour and black-and-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tactics of the era, Early Modern World shows in detail the methods by which armies gained and lost ascendency on the battlefield.