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Scope[edit]

This task force covers the era of military history known as "Early Modern" warfare, which roughly corresponds to the period from c. 1500 to c. 1800. Although this choice of dates is particularly oriented towards European history, other areas are also welcome.

Topics before this range are under the purview of the Medieval warfare task force, while topics immediately after it are covered by the Napoleonic era task force.

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Participants[edit]

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auntieruth55 (talk · contribs) European, Seven Years' War etc
Cdtew (talk · contribs) (Primarily England, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and their colonial holdings in the Americas)
Euryalus (talk · contribs) (Seven Years' War)
GELongstreet (talk · contribs) (primarily western and central Europe)
Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs) (primarily the Italian Wars, but interested in everything)
LordAmeth (talk · contribs) (Ages of Exploration and Discovery, European-EastAsian contacts)
Neddyseagoon (talk · contribs) (English Civil War; Henry VIII of England - Device Forts, The Tudors and the Royal Navy, etc; 18th century naval warfare)
Palastwache (talk · contribs) (Central Europe, Thirty Years' War)
Zoupan (talk · contribs) (Southeastern Europe)

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Article statistics[edit]

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force.

A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here.

With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below:

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Early Modern warfare task force articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

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Early Modern warfare task force assessment statistics

Articles		Lists
FA	113	FL	2
A	24	AL	0
GA	440
B	1,375	BL	10
C	3,494	CL	26
Start	5,641	List	78
Stub	1,596
Total	12,683	Total	116
Other pages
Category		1,469
Disambig		28
Draft		15
File		49
Portal		0
Project		6
Redirect		161
SIA		11
Template		240
User		0
Total		1,979
Unassessed		1
Statistics
ω	57,310	Ω	4.478

Open tasks[edit]

Attention needed: ...to referencing and citation (7,573) • ...to coverage and accuracy (6,023) • ...to structure (1,845) • ...to grammar (297) • ...to supporting materials (1,893)
Popular pages: Full list
Cleanup needed: Battle of Fornovo • Polish-Sweden War (1600–1611) • Polish-Sweden War (1620–1622) • Polish-Sweden War (1625–1629) • Third Battle of Panipat
Requested articles: Georgian-Safavid wars • Jost Maximilian von Bronckhorst-Gronsfeld • Jacob Duwall • Claus Dietrich von Sperreuth • Diederich von dem Werder • Johann Joachim Graf von Wahl • Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen • Wilhelm von Calcum • Siege of Érsekújvár (1621) • Battle of Tyrnau [de] • Siege of Hodonín • Battle of Peuerbach • Siege of Linz • Siege of Freistadt • Siege of Enns • Battle of the Neuhauser Donausperre • Battle of Ebelsberg (1626) • Battle of Neuhofen an der Krems • Battle of Leonfelden • Battle of Haslach (1626) • Battle of Neukirchen • Battle of Kornrödt • Battle of Linnetwald • Battle of Lambach (1626) • Siege of Gmunden • Battle of Peilstein • Battle of Emlinger Holz • Battle of Pinsdorf • Battle of Vöcklabruck • Battle of Wolfsegg • Battle of Pfaffenhofen (1633) • Battle of Steinau • Relief of Konstanz (1633) • Relief of Breisach (1633) • Battle of Liegnitz (1634) [de] • Battle of Avesnes (1635) • Ray-sur-Saône • Battle of Dömitz [de] • Battle of Haselünne [de] • Battle of Wittenweiher [de] • Battle of Thann (1638) • Siege of Freiberg • Battle of Melnik • Battle of Plauen • Battle of Schweidnitz • Siege of Freiberg (1642) • Siege of Brno • Battle of Dachau [de]
Expansion needed: Katzbalger • Battle of Keresztes • Pike and shot • War of Urbino • Claude d'Annebaut • Justin of Nassau • Venetian-Genoese War • Third Javanese War of Succession
Images needed: José Naranjo (scout)
Merging needed: Add an article here!
Citations needed: Battle of Breslau (1757)
Translation needed: fr:Chouannerie
Tagging needed: Category:Warfare of the Early Modern period

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Did you know

24 Jan 2024 – Robert Brigandyne (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AntientNestor (t · c); see discussion
07 Jan 2024 – Gebhard Schädler (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheBritinator (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

18 Feb 2024 – Battle of Manacaud (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ImperialAficionado (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)

Resources[edit]

List of primary sources for the Italian Wars
If you know of other useful resources, please feel free to add them here.

Books[edit]

Jörgensen, Christer; Pavkovic, Michael F.; Rice, Rob S.; Schneid, Frederick C.; Scott, Chris L. (2006). Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 0-312-34819-3.
Guthrie, William (2002). Battles of the Thirty Years War: From White Mountain to Nordlingen, 1618–1635. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313320286.
Guthrie, William (2003). The later Thirty Years War : from the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313324086.