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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... capture an entire Dutch convoy, composed of such agility vessels. 16 Over time their improved, andby 1650 galleys served as adjunctsto fleetsof roundships. The teeth of the still unwieldy bertone consistedof the many ironcannon it ...
... capture an entire Dutch convoy, composed of such agility vessels. 16 Over time their improved, andby 1650 galleys served as adjunctsto fleetsof roundships. The teeth of the still unwieldy bertone consistedof the many ironcannon it ...
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... captured pirates orconvicts, recruited from asfar away asBavaria. By 1580,when Venice was committed to floating more than a hundred galleys, the quality ofthe workforce declined. 19By 1592 only the pilot (orlantern) galleys, equivalent ...
... captured pirates orconvicts, recruited from asfar away asBavaria. By 1580,when Venice was committed to floating more than a hundred galleys, the quality ofthe workforce declined. 19By 1592 only the pilot (orlantern) galleys, equivalent ...
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... offthe coasts of Tuscany before raiding thesouthern coast ofSicilyand burning the city ofAugusta. Theyprobably captured about7,000 prisonersin these raids alone. 29 Thedisaster befalling the fleet at Djerba was only oneof a.
... offthe coasts of Tuscany before raiding thesouthern coast ofSicilyand burning the city ofAugusta. Theyprobably captured about7,000 prisonersin these raids alone. 29 Thedisaster befalling the fleet at Djerba was only oneof a.
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... capture Peñon de Velez failed fortheloss of surprisein July 1563. Another armada of galleys collected in Italy attempted ... captured thispirate baseinafew days. 30 Given the scaleof expenditure, thissuccess was meagre. Repeated Spanish ...
... capture Peñon de Velez failed fortheloss of surprisein July 1563. Another armada of galleys collected in Italy attempted ... captured thispirate baseinafew days. 30 Given the scaleof expenditure, thissuccess was meagre. Repeated Spanish ...
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... captured avessel carrying rich possessions to the sultan«s harems. 33The knights had justenough timeto prepare fora siege; more than 600 of them and over 7,000professional soldiersandlocal militiamen thronged into the fortress. A ...
... captured avessel carrying rich possessions to the sultan«s harems. 33The knights had justenough timeto prepare fora siege; more than 600 of them and over 7,000professional soldiersandlocal militiamen thronged into the fortress. A ...
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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