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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... campaign against Genoa in 1625 Map 3.2 Papal annexations, 1597¥1649 Map 3.3 Zones ravaged by war in north-central Italy, 1613¥59 Map 4.1 The Venetian seaborne empire, circa 1620 Map 4.2 Planof Candia, 1669 (basedon Dapper) Map 4.3 The ...
... campaign against Genoa in 1625 Map 3.2 Papal annexations, 1597¥1649 Map 3.3 Zones ravaged by war in north-central Italy, 1613¥59 Map 4.1 The Venetian seaborne empire, circa 1620 Map 4.2 Planof Candia, 1669 (basedon Dapper) Map 4.3 The ...
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... campaigns still holds sway among the literati.In the viewof that remarkable historian, Italians were content for many years withthe imagesof war, but not itssubstance, and at the critical moment they lackedthe resolveto confront the ...
... campaigns still holds sway among the literati.In the viewof that remarkable historian, Italians were content for many years withthe imagesof war, but not itssubstance, and at the critical moment they lackedthe resolveto confront the ...
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... patriotic or celebratory nature ofthis literature, some individuals, some events, and some campaigns were bettertreated than others, asmore glorious, inspiring, or toemploy the terminology ofthetime, as ®worthremembering ̄. The greatest.
... patriotic or celebratory nature ofthis literature, some individuals, some events, and some campaigns were bettertreated than others, asmore glorious, inspiring, or toemploy the terminology ofthetime, as ®worthremembering ̄. The greatest.
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... campaign, they had to be towed bythe lighter (sensile) galleys, despite theefforts ofup to 500 oarsmen. They provideda stable platform for hundredsof soldiersand gunners. By their armament, and their to spew from the sides size and ...
... campaign, they had to be towed bythe lighter (sensile) galleys, despite theefforts ofup to 500 oarsmen. They provideda stable platform for hundredsof soldiersand gunners. By their armament, and their to spew from the sides size and ...
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... campaigns between 1571 and 1573, whichwas more than itstotal taxrevenue. 47 The third pillar oftheHoly League wasthePope, who bankrolled one-sixth of thetotal costof theCatholic fleet, and provided hisownsquadron of12 galleys, with ...
... campaigns between 1571 and 1573, whichwas more than itstotal taxrevenue. 47 The third pillar oftheHoly League wasthePope, who bankrolled one-sixth of thetotal costof theCatholic fleet, and provided hisownsquadron of12 galleys, with ...
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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