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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... fleets Corsairs andmaritime raiding 2 Italy in the age ofHabsburg hegemony, 1560c1620 TheSpanish system inItaly Wars ofreligion inFlanders and France Crusade inHungary against Islam Firstchallenge: the Venetian¥Piedmontese alliance 3 ...
... fleets Corsairs andmaritime raiding 2 Italy in the age ofHabsburg hegemony, 1560c1620 TheSpanish system inItaly Wars ofreligion inFlanders and France Crusade inHungary against Islam Firstchallenge: the Venetian¥Piedmontese alliance 3 ...
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... fleet«s range ofoperations was in inverse proportion to its size, such that a large fleet could notventure very far. Only a few Mediterranean ports were capableof collecting themassive stores required for a major operation, buildingor ...
... fleet«s range ofoperations was in inverse proportion to its size, such that a large fleet could notventure very far. Only a few Mediterranean ports were capableof collecting themassive stores required for a major operation, buildingor ...
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... fleets, usually thesizeof squadrons, but occasionallymuch larger. A surprised galley fleet in dispersed order without theadvantage ofwind had no chanceof winning.Itsonly defence was to veertowards theenemy, and deploy in a line-abreast ...
... fleets, usually thesizeof squadrons, but occasionallymuch larger. A surprised galley fleet in dispersed order without theadvantage ofwind had no chanceof winning.Itsonly defence was to veertowards theenemy, and deploy in a line-abreast ...
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... fleets of galleysat Barcelona and at Naples, inboth cases using large numbers (153in1587)of expensive Genoese craftsmen, caulkers and carpenters, underthe expert direction ofGenoese overseers. 18For quality construction atreasonable ...
... fleets of galleysat Barcelona and at Naples, inboth cases using large numbers (153in1587)of expensive Genoese craftsmen, caulkers and carpenters, underthe expert direction ofGenoese overseers. 18For quality construction atreasonable ...
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... fleets weresimilarly strapped.The great costof maintaining galleys at sea tempted manycaptains to cutcorners atthe expense ... fleet,even in the 1630swhena single galleycost 18,000 ducats annually. 26 Considerations of sovereignty still ...
... fleets weresimilarly strapped.The great costof maintaining galleys at sea tempted manycaptains to cutcorners atthe expense ... fleet,even in the 1630swhena single galleycost 18,000 ducats annually. 26 Considerations of sovereignty still ...
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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