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Geoffrey Parker

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.

British military historian

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25 Dec 1943

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The Spanish Armada

by Martin, Colin, Colin Martin, and Geoffrey Parker First published in 1988 — 9 editions
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Philip II

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1978 — 6 editions

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The Dutch Revolt

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1985 — 5 editions

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Europe in crisis, 1598-1648

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1979 — 5 editions

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The Dutch revolt

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1977 — 5 editions
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Cambridge History of Warfare

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 2005 — 4 editions

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Thirty Years War

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1988 — 4 editions

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Unmaking the West: "what-if" scenarios that rewrite world history

by Philip E. Tetlock, Richard Ned Lebow, and Geoffrey Parker First published in 2005 — 4 editions
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The general crisis of the seventeenth century

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1978 — 4 editions
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The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 15671659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1972 — 4 editions

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Persians: Lost Civilizations

by Geoffrey Parker and Brenda Parker First published in 2016 — 3 editions

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The Times Illustrated History of the World

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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The Times The World An Illustrated History: an Illustrated History

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

by Geoffrey Parker and Lesley M. Smith First published in 1978 — 3 editions

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Crime and the law: the social history of crime in Western Europe since 1500

by V. A. C. Gatrell, Bruce Lenman, Geoffrey Parker, V. Gatrell, and B. Lenman First published in 1980 — 3 editions

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The military revolution: military innovation and the rise of the west, 1500-1800

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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Spain and the Netherlands, 1559-1659: ten studies

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 1979 — 3 editions

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The Thirty Years' War

by Simon Adams and Geoffrey Parker First published in 1984 — 3 editions

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The Times compact history of the world: The Times world atlas

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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Routledge Library Editions : Political Geography: Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century

by Geoffrey Parker First published in 2014 — 2 editions

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British military historian

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25 Dec 1943

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OLID: OL2448750A
ISNI: 0000000121364039
Library of Congress Names: n79061400
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV033742
VIAF: 64021923
Wikidata: Q1355845
Inventaire.io: wd:Q1355845

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Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-

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