To browse Academia. The paper examines the evolution of the Swiss military by the end of the fifteenth century, focusing on its significant transformation from mountain ambushers to a formidable infantry renowned for its tactical prowess. This military competency helped to secure Swiss autonomy from external feudal threats, particularly the Habsburgs, and enabled unexpected social developments by allowing lower-class men to gain political power. The events surrounding the Swabian War of mark a pivotal moment, with the Swiss military tactics influencing neighboring regions and altering the dynamics of warfare in Europe.
Tanner, Jakob: Switzerland, in: online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. Cambridge World History of Violence, vol. II, ed. Gordon, R. Kaeuper, H. Zurndorfer, CUP, , pp. Viejos y nuevos temas. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link.
Need an account? Click here to sign up. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive byu. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the states of the Swiss Confederation were beset by external threats to their security, independence, and existence. The largest single menace to Swiss independence was the Habsburg family who often controlled their lands according to monarchal authority and a social structure which kept their subject peoples as unfree serfs. This Swiss self-rule aided an unusual development in social and political history.
In many instances, democracies directed by free men from the lower classes ruled these states. These common people enjoyed many personal freedoms such as social mobility, the right to own property, and the right to bear arms which were very unusual and highly coveted in the Middle Ages.
To a large extent, the Swiss also known as Eidgenossen or confederates owed the creation and maintenance of their democracies and freedoms to their military competence, which met all external threats.
