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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... Spanish service, 1610¥60 (southern Italy) (based on Encyclopedias) Map 6.7 OriginofItalian officers in Spanish service, 1660¥1710 (northern and central Italy) (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.8Originof Italianofficersin Spanish service ...
... Spanish service, 1610¥60 (southern Italy) (based on Encyclopedias) Map 6.7 OriginofItalian officers in Spanish service, 1660¥1710 (northern and central Italy) (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.8Originof Italianofficersin Spanish service ...
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... Spanish peace (1560¥1700). TheSpanish imperial system gave Italiansavast theatreon which todisplay their martialprowess. Spain«s reach created a zone of influence that made the Mediterranean an Italian lake, and stretched tentacles of ...
... Spanish peace (1560¥1700). TheSpanish imperial system gave Italiansavast theatreon which todisplay their martialprowess. Spain«s reach created a zone of influence that made the Mediterranean an Italian lake, and stretched tentacles of ...
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... Spanish expedition against Tunis thesame year. Removal of threatening basesin theheart of their shipping routes motivatedthe Turkish invasion of Crete (1645), and attempts against Algiers (1545 and1600) and Peñon (1563) by the Spaniards ...
... Spanish expedition against Tunis thesame year. Removal of threatening basesin theheart of their shipping routes motivatedthe Turkish invasion of Crete (1645), and attempts against Algiers (1545 and1600) and Peñon (1563) by the Spaniards ...
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... Spanish fleets weresimilarly strapped.The great costof maintaining galleys at sea tempted manycaptains to cutcorners atthe expense ofthe oarsmen. 21 Food rationsthat were balanced and copious enough for theseamen andthesoldiers, were ...
... Spanish fleets weresimilarly strapped.The great costof maintaining galleys at sea tempted manycaptains to cutcorners atthe expense ofthe oarsmen. 21 Food rationsthat were balanced and copious enough for theseamen andthesoldiers, were ...
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... Spanish fleet, they refer mostly toItalian galleys based in Naples andSicily, withothers rented from Genoese and Roman entrepreneurs. Add to thosethe Tuscan, Papal andSavoyard auxiliary flotillas in Spanish pay, and the enormous ...
... Spanish fleet, they refer mostly toItalian galleys based in Naples andSicily, withothers rented from Genoese and Roman entrepreneurs. Add to thosethe Tuscan, Papal andSavoyard auxiliary flotillas in Spanish pay, and the enormous ...
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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