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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... forces was an order dreamtof inthe Renaissance. Whether this wasa military. arevolution«. is a matter ofdebate, the termsof whichhave been formulated by Michael Roberts and GeoffreyParker. 2 André Corvisier supplies some rough figures for ...
... forces was an order dreamtof inthe Renaissance. Whether this wasa military. arevolution«. is a matter ofdebate, the termsof whichhave been formulated by Michael Roberts and GeoffreyParker. 2 André Corvisier supplies some rough figures for ...
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... forces were fighting eachother in wars where the only victorcould be a foreign monarch: theking ofSpain,as it turned out. I am oversimplifying the argument Ihave just traced. Croce himself noted how the Neapolitan aristocracy perceived ...
... forces were fighting eachother in wars where the only victorcould be a foreign monarch: theking ofSpain,as it turned out. I am oversimplifying the argument Ihave just traced. Croce himself noted how the Neapolitan aristocracy perceived ...
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... force contained only four Spanish galleys out of forty-two. An expedition by the same fleetto capture Peñon de Velez failed fortheloss of surprisein July 1563. Another armada of galleys collected in Italy attempted it againin 1564. The ...
... force contained only four Spanish galleys out of forty-two. An expedition by the same fleetto capture Peñon de Velez failed fortheloss of surprisein July 1563. Another armada of galleys collected in Italy attempted it againin 1564. The ...
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... force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired professional soldiersand large territorial militias simultaneously.36 The republic beefed up its garrisons everywhere. Mercenaries habitually sent to ...
... force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired professional soldiersand large territorial militias simultaneously.36 The republic beefed up its garrisons everywhere. Mercenaries habitually sent to ...
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... forces combinedin Crete were therefore considerable. Venetian, Spanish and Pontifical forces reached a totalof205 galleys and galeasses, with about17,000 infantry aboard, and 4,000 adventurers. 39 Zanedared not riskaconfrontation with ...
... forces combinedin Crete were therefore considerable. Venetian, Spanish and Pontifical forces reached a totalof205 galleys and galeasses, with about17,000 infantry aboard, and 4,000 adventurers. 39 Zanedared not riskaconfrontation 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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