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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker argues that what distinguishes the “Western way of war” accounts for its extraordinary success in conquering most of the world after 1500:&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; The Western way of war rests upon five principal foundations: technology, discipline, a highly aggressive military tradition, a remarkable capacity to innovate and to respond rapidly to the innovation of others and—from about 1500 onward—a unique system of war finance. The combination of all five provided a formula for military success....The outcome of wars has been determined less by technology, then by better war plans, the achievement of surprise, greater economic strength, and above all superior discipline. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geoffrey Parker, “Introduction” in Parker,  ed. &#039;&#039;The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare&#039;&#039; (Cambridge University Press 1995) pp 2-11, [https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr0000unse_f0h1 online] &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker argues that what distinguishes the “Western way of war” accounts for its extraordinary success in conquering most of the world after 1500:&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; The Western way of war rests upon five principal foundations: technology, discipline, a highly aggressive military tradition, a remarkable capacity to innovate and to respond rapidly to the innovation of others and—from about 1500 onward—a unique system of war finance. The combination of all five provided a formula for military success....The outcome of wars has been determined less by technology, then by better war plans, the achievement of surprise, greater economic strength, and above all superior discipline.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geoffrey Parker, “Introduction” in Parker,  ed. &#039;&#039;The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare&#039;&#039; (Cambridge University Press 1995) pp 2-11, [https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr0000unse_f0h1 online]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker argues that Western armies were stronger because they emphasized discipline, that is, &amp;quot;the ability of a formation to stand fast in the face of the enemy, where they&amp;#039;re attacking or being attacked, without giving way to the natural impulse of fear and panic.”  Discipline came from drills and marching in formation, target practice, and creating small “artificial kinship groups” such as the company and the platoon, to enhance psychological cohesion and combat efficiency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Parker, “Introduction” pp 2, 3.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker argues that Western armies were stronger because they emphasized discipline, that is, &amp;quot;the ability of a formation to stand fast in the face of the enemy, where they&amp;#039;re attacking or being attacked, without giving way to the natural impulse of fear and panic.”  Discipline came from drills and marching in formation, target practice, and creating small “artificial kinship groups” such as the company and the platoon, to enhance psychological cohesion and combat efficiency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Parker, “Introduction” pp 2, 3.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to Tonio Andrade and William Reger: &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; Few people of his generation have had such an important influence on our understanding of the early modern world. He’s written on military history, financial history, the history of crime, Spanish history, Dutch history, religious history, global history, and most recently, environmental history. His work is known throughout the world—he’s been translated into more than a dozen languages—and he’s particularly revered in Spain and the Netherlands. He has trained and mentored several generations of scholars by instilling in them his characteristic and successful recipe for historical research: focusing on big questions but keeping one&#039;s feet on the ground, or, as he might put it, one&#039;s ass in the archives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tonio Andrade and William Reger. &quot;Geoffrey Paker and Early Modern History&quot; in &#039;&#039;The limits of empire: European imperial formations in early modern world history: essays in honor of Geoffrey Parker,&#039;&#039; ed by William Reger, (Routledge, 2016), page xix. &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to Tonio Andrade and William Reger: &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; Few people of his generation have had such an important influence on our understanding of the early modern world. He’s written on military history, financial history, the history of crime, Spanish history, Dutch history, religious history, global history, and most recently, environmental history. His work is known throughout the world—he’s been translated into more than a dozen languages—and he’s particularly revered in Spain and the Netherlands. He has trained and mentored several generations of scholars by instilling in them his characteristic and successful recipe for historical research: focusing on big questions but keeping one&#039;s feet on the ground, or, as he might put it, one&#039;s ass in the archives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tonio Andrade and William Reger. &quot;Geoffrey Paker and Early Modern History&quot; in &#039;&#039;The limits of empire: European imperial formations in early modern world history: essays in honor of Geoffrey Parker,&#039;&#039; ed by William Reger, (Routledge, 2016), page xix.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker is a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA). He is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (FRSE).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parker is a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA). He is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (FRSE).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Noel Geoffrey Parker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 25 December 1943) is an English historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the [[early modern era]]. His best known book is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, first published by [[Cambridge University Press]] in 1988.&lt;br /&gt;
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He holds his BA, MA, PhD, and LittD degrees from [[Cambridge University]] where he studied under the historian [[John Elliott (historian)|Sir John Elliott]].&lt;br /&gt;
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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]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Parker was a consultant and main contributor on the [[BBC]] series, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Armada: 12 Days to Save England&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2023, he was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://history.osu.edu/news/geoffrey-parker-aps | title=Geoffrey Parker Inducted into American Philosophical Society &amp;amp;#124; Department of History }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Western way of warfare==&lt;br /&gt;
Parker argues that what distinguishes the “Western way of war” accounts for its extraordinary success in conquering most of the world after 1500:&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; The Western way of war rests upon five principal foundations: technology, discipline, a highly aggressive military tradition, a remarkable capacity to innovate and to respond rapidly to the innovation of others and—from about 1500 onward—a unique system of war finance. The combination of all five provided a formula for military success....The outcome of wars has been determined less by technology, then by better war plans, the achievement of surprise, greater economic strength, and above all superior discipline. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geoffrey Parker, “Introduction” in Parker,  ed. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Cambridge University Press 1995) pp 2-11, [https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr0000unse_f0h1 online] &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Parker argues that Western armies were stronger because they emphasized discipline, that is, &amp;quot;the ability of a formation to stand fast in the face of the enemy, where they&amp;#039;re attacking or being attacked, without giving way to the natural impulse of fear and panic.”  Discipline came from drills and marching in formation, target practice, and creating small “artificial kinship groups” such as the company and the platoon, to enhance psychological cohesion and combat efficiency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Parker, “Introduction” pp 2, 3.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Honours==&lt;br /&gt;
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According to Tonio Andrade and William Reger: &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; Few people of his generation have had such an important influence on our understanding of the early modern world. He’s written on military history, financial history, the history of crime, Spanish history, Dutch history, religious history, global history, and most recently, environmental history. His work is known throughout the world—he’s been translated into more than a dozen languages—and he’s particularly revered in Spain and the Netherlands. He has trained and mentored several generations of scholars by instilling in them his characteristic and successful recipe for historical research: focusing on big questions but keeping one&amp;#039;s feet on the ground, or, as he might put it, one&amp;#039;s ass in the archives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tonio Andrade and William Reger. &amp;quot;Geoffrey Paker and Early Modern History&amp;quot; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The limits of empire: European imperial formations in early modern world history: essays in honor of Geoffrey Parker,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ed by William Reger, (Routledge, 2016), page xix. &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Parker is a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA). He is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (FRSE).&lt;br /&gt;
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He was awarded the Joseph Sullivant Medal by OSU in 2021.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Geoffrey Parker Awarded Joseph Sullivant Medal {{!}} Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies |url=https://cmrs.osu.edu/news/geoffrey-parker-awarded-joseph-sullivant-medal |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=cmrs.osu.edu |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2014, Parker was awarded the [[British Academy Medal]] for his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=British Academy Prizes and Medals Ceremony 2014|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/british-academy-prizes-and-medals-ceremony-2014|website=British Academy|access-date=30 July 2017|date=25 November 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Amongst the foreign honours he holds, he is a member of the [[Order of Alfonso X the Wise]] and was granted the Great Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]] by the Spanish government. He has received honorary doctorates from the [[Catholic University of Brussels]] (Belgium) and the [[University of Burgos]] (Spain). He is also a corresponding member of the Spanish [[Real Academia de la Historia]] (since 1987),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rah.es/la-academia/academicos/correspondientes/academicos-de-paises-sin-corresponsalia/|publisher=[[Real Academia de la Historia]]|title=Académicos Correspondientes extranjeros}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] since 2005.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/6722 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810105038/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/6722 |title=Geoffrey Parker |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |archive-date=10 August 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2012 he was awarded the [[Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize|Dr. A.&amp;amp;nbsp;H. Heineken Prize]] for History by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for his outstanding scholarship on the social, political and [[military history of Europe]] between 1500 and 1650, in particular [[military history of Spain|Spain]], [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]], and the [[Dutch Revolt]]; for his contribution to [[military history]] in general; and for his research on the role of [[climate in world history]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=KNAW Awards Heineken Prize for History |url=http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/32/988.bGFuZz1FTkc.html |access-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206181548/http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/32/988.bGFuZz1FTkc.html |archive-date=6 February 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1999, he was awarded the [[Samuel Eliot Morison Prize]] for lifetime achievement given by the [[Society for Military History]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/morison.html |title=Samuel Eliot Morison Prize previous winners |publisher=[[Society for Military History]] |access-date=25 December 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Major works==&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Guide to the Archives of the Spanish Institutions in or concerned with the Netherlands (1556–1706)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Brussels, 1971. (Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, numéro spécial 3).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567–1659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries&amp;#039; Wars&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Cambridge University Press, 1972 (2nd ed. 2004).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Military Revolution, 1560–1660: A Myth?&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Journal of Modern History&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 48, no. 2 (June 1976): 195–214.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Dutch Revolt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. London: Allen Lane, 1977.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal|journal=The English Historical Review|title=Reviewed Work: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Dutch Revolt&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by Geoffrey Parker|author=Kossmann, E. H.|author-link=Ernst Kossmann|volume=94|issue=370|date=January 1979|pages=127–129|doi=10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXX.127|jstor=567166}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*(with Angela Parker) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;European Soldiers, 1550–1650&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Cambridge University Press, 1977.&lt;br /&gt;
* (edited with Charles Wilson) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;An Introduction to the Sources of European Economic History, 1500–1800&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Cornell University Press, 1977).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Philip II&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Boston: Little, Brown, 1978 (3rd ed. Chicago: Open Court, 1995).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Review of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Philip II&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by Geoffrey Parker|website=Kirkus Reviews|date=9 November 1978|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/geoffrey-parker/philip-ii/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*(Joint editor) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. London: Routledge, 1978 (2nd ed. 1997).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Europe in Crisis, 1598–1648&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Cornell University Press, 1979 (2nd ed. 2001).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Spain and the Netherlands 1559-1659: Ten Studies&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. London: Collins, 1979 (2nd ed. Fontana, 1990).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Thirty Years&amp;#039; War&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with several contributors). London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984 (rev. eds. 1987, 1993, 1997).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. London: Croom Helm, 1985.&lt;br /&gt;
*(With Colin Martin) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Spanish Armada&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New York: W. W. Norton, 1988.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Why the Armada Failed.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Quarterly Journal of Military History&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1, no. 1 (Autumn 1988).&lt;br /&gt;
*(Joint editor) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Times History of the World&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 3rd ed. London, 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the West&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Cambridge University Press, 1995 (rev. ed. 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Cambridge University Press, 1988 (rev. ed. 1996).&lt;br /&gt;
*(co-edited with [[Robert Cowley]]) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Reader&amp;#039;s Companion to Military History&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Grand Strategy of Philip II&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The World is Not Enough: The Imperial Vision of Philip II of Spain&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Waco, Texas: Markham Press Fund, 2001.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. London: Allen Lane, 2002.&lt;br /&gt;
*(Editor) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Cambridge History of Warfare&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (rev. ed. 2020)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Felipe II: La biografía definitiva&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=A review of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by Geoffrey Parker|author=Thomas, Hugh|author-link=Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton|newspaper=The Spectator|date=15 November 2014|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/11/imprudent-king-by-geoffrey-parker-review/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Emperor: A New Life of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|last=Evans|first=R.&amp;amp;nbsp;J.&amp;amp;nbsp;W.|author-link=R. J. W. Evans|date=11 June 2020|title=The Dream of World Monarchy|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/06/11/charles-v-dream-world-monarchy/|journal=New York Review of Books|volume=67|issue=10|pages=40–42}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; {{ISBN|9780300196528}}  {{OCLC|1112998062}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Military Revolution]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
* Andrade, Tonio, and William Reger. &amp;quot;Geoffrey Paker and Early Modern History&amp;quot; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The limits of empire: European imperial formations in early modern world history: essays in honor of Geoffrey Parker,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ed by William Reger, (Routledge, 2016), pp xix to xxvii.&lt;br /&gt;
* Parker, Geoffrey. &amp;quot;&amp;#039;A man&amp;#039;s gotta know his limitations:&amp;#039; Reflections on a Misspent Past,&amp;quot; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The limits of empire: European imperial formations in early modern world history: essays in honor of Geoffrey Parker,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ed by William Reger, (Routledge, 2016), pp 309–376.&lt;br /&gt;
* Van Ittersum, Martine, Felicia Gottmann, and Tristan Mostert. &amp;quot;Writing global history and Its challenges—A workshop with Jürgen Osterhammel and Geoffrey Parker.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Itinerario&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 40.3 (2016): 357–376. [https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/files/11240291/WorkshopReport_FinalVersion_6Oct2016.pdf online]&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://history.osu.edu/people/parker.277 University Biography Page]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060901113805/http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/parker277/ Course Pages]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/14221 Parker, Geoffrey. &amp;quot;Conscience and power: Philip II of Spain, history and legend.&amp;quot;] Audio of lecture. 2 February 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
*Audio of Geoffrey Parker&amp;#039;s lecture [http://depts.washington.edu/schkatz/podcasts/katz0607_parker.mp3  &amp;quot;Climate and Catastrophe: The World Crisis of the 17th Century&amp;quot;] at the [[Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities]] 19 April 2007.&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://vimeo.com/50056465 KNAW Video Interview with Geoffrey Parker on the occasion of the awarding of the Heineken Prize]&lt;br /&gt;
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