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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... commanders, officers and adventurers atthe closeofthe wars ofItaly in1559, Iwillcharttheir progress and decline.Itis hard not to discern the progressive estrangement ofItalian society from martial pursuits, over morethan twocenturies ...
... commanders, officers and adventurers atthe closeofthe wars ofItaly in1559, Iwillcharttheir progress and decline.Itis hard not to discern the progressive estrangement ofItalian society from martial pursuits, over morethan twocenturies ...
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... commanders didnot hesitate to transport merchandise orsmuggle cash whenever theoccasion presented itself,even whenthiswas forbiddenin thecontract. 24Including allthe hidden costs, Spain paid about 10,000ducats annually forthe ...
... commanders didnot hesitate to transport merchandise orsmuggle cash whenever theoccasion presented itself,even whenthiswas forbiddenin thecontract. 24Including allthe hidden costs, Spain paid about 10,000ducats annually forthe ...
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... commanders« only instinct wasto escapein a. asauve. qui peut«.The Turks took halfthe galleys andmost ofthe supplyships. MedinaCeli readieda relief force of 14,000 troops (again largely Italians) in Sicily to rescue the stranded troops on ...
... commanders« only instinct wasto escapein a. asauve. qui peut«.The Turks took halfthe galleys andmost ofthe supplyships. MedinaCeli readieda relief force of 14,000 troops (again largely Italians) in Sicily to rescue the stranded troops on ...
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... commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard sonfor Spain, and the chiefof the triumvirate; MarcAntonio Colonna, aRoman patrician for the Papal States, and admiral Sebastiano Venier forVenice. TheVenetian flotillas at Crete ...
... commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard sonfor Spain, and the chiefof the triumvirate; MarcAntonio Colonna, aRoman patrician for the Papal States, and admiral Sebastiano Venier forVenice. TheVenetian flotillas at Crete ...
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... Commanders removed theiron shacklesfrom the feetof Christian convict oarsmen so theymight helptoo inexchange for freedom. Theyshuffled the different contingents of galleys throughoutthe line tostimulate competition between. anations ...
... Commanders removed theiron shacklesfrom the feetof Christian convict oarsmen so theymight helptoo inexchange for freedom. Theyshuffled the different contingents of galleys throughoutthe line tostimulate competition between. anations ...
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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