Naval dominance of European waters was the largest, longest, most complex and expensive project ever undertaken by the British state and society. — Nicholas Rodger British Copy Share Image
Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for… — Nicholas Rodger Administration Copy Share Image
It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have… — Nicholas Rodger Able Copy Share Image
Whether in peaceful trade or warlike attack, the sea unites more than it divides. Even if it were possible to treat England,… — Nicholas Rodger British Copy Share Image
The common sense of the word (navy) as we use it today refers to a permanent fighting service made up of ships… — Nicholas Rodger Common Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Aspect Copy Share Image
In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one… — Nicholas Rodger Administrative Copy Share Image
The impossibility of keeping Englishmen sober ashore was a constant source of complaint, It was the great weakness of 16th century English… — Nicholas Rodger Century Copy Share Image
'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is… — Nicholas Rodger Book Copy Share Image
The arrival of the Barbary pirates radically changed English attitudes. Instead of patriotic pirates plundering foreign cargoes and bringing them homes to… — Nicholas Rodger Appreciate Copy Share Image
Its subject is the slow and erratic process by which the peoples of the British Isles learnt - and then for long… — Nicholas Rodger British Copy Share Image
