The Twilight Of A Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800Routledge, 2008 M02 22 - 384 pages First published in 2002. This work of military history integrates the Italian dimension into the wider political and military history of early modern Europe. |
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... Ottoman besiegers made noprogress against the Borgo, which held out. Meanwhile, the Spanish Captain-General Don Garciade Toledogathered hisforces in Italy. By the end of August 1565he had 100 galleys available, with levies of soldiers ...
... Ottoman besiegers made noprogress against the Borgo, which held out. Meanwhile, the Spanish Captain-General Don Garciade Toledogathered hisforces in Italy. By the end of August 1565he had 100 galleys available, with levies of soldiers ...
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Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800 Gregory Hanlon. Ottomans markedone more success intheir questfor control ... Ottoman attack on Venetian Cyprus in1570.The Serenissima traditionally helditself alooffrom the greatfleet ...
Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800 Gregory Hanlon. Ottomans markedone more success intheir questfor control ... Ottoman attack on Venetian Cyprus in1570.The Serenissima traditionally helditself alooffrom the greatfleet ...
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... Ottoman navy and save Venice. Three commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard sonfor Spain, and the ... Ottomans,the Venetians were hard pressed to find troopsfor their galleys. They hadto hire Calabrian and Neapolitan ...
... Ottoman navy and save Venice. Three commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard sonfor Spain, and the ... Ottomans,the Venetians were hard pressed to find troopsfor their galleys. They hadto hire Calabrian and Neapolitan ...
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... like of which hadnever beenseen, with six timesthe armament of a normal galley. Placed 700 metres (2,300 ft) in front of the Catholic array, they broke the cohesion ofthe Ottoman line,and meted out punishment by firingfrom the.
... like of which hadnever beenseen, with six timesthe armament of a normal galley. Placed 700 metres (2,300 ft) in front of the Catholic array, they broke the cohesion ofthe Ottoman line,and meted out punishment by firingfrom the.
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... Ottoman hands at the end of the day. Catholic arms killed over 30,000 Turks and captured or destroyed200 of their ships,freeing 20,000 Christian slaves in the process. To precludetheir being ransomed, theVenetians slaughtered many ...
... Ottoman hands at the end of the day. Catholic arms killed over 30,000 Turks and captured or destroyed200 of their ships,freeing 20,000 Christian slaves in the process. To precludetheir being ransomed, theVenetians slaughtered many ...
Contents
The Forty Years War 1618c59 | |
The Venetian epic 1600c1718 | |
The Spanish | |
Austrian horizons expanding 6Profiles and careers | |
The Piedmontese exception The developmentof the Piedmontese military state | |
TheGreat Powers andItalian demilitarization 1700c1814 | |
Themilitary imagination | |
Index | |
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