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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... fortifications in southern Italy, after 1600 Map 2.3Principalities and fiefs in northern Italy, circa 1600 Map 2.4Mountains, passes and major fortresses in north-westItaly, circa 1610 Map 2.5Tuscan fortresses and citadels, circa 1620 ...
... fortifications in southern Italy, after 1600 Map 2.3Principalities and fiefs in northern Italy, circa 1600 Map 2.4Mountains, passes and major fortresses in north-westItaly, circa 1610 Map 2.5Tuscan fortresses and citadels, circa 1620 ...
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... fortifications ofNicosia and Famagusta delayed the quick Turkish conquest of theisland. Nicosia fell after abouta month«s siegeand sixassaults, andmost ofthe surviving Italians were massacred inthe main square. Byearly 1571 it was ...
... fortifications ofNicosia and Famagusta delayed the quick Turkish conquest of theisland. Nicosia fell after abouta month«s siegeand sixassaults, andmost ofthe surviving Italians were massacred inthe main square. Byearly 1571 it was ...
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... laid outonthe peninsula insidethe port. The scale of its fortification had few equals anywhere in the world.The city and fortress were designed bythe engineer FrancescoLaparelli from Cortona inTuscany, with the aidofthe.
... laid outonthe peninsula insidethe port. The scale of its fortification had few equals anywhere in the world.The city and fortress were designed bythe engineer FrancescoLaparelli from Cortona inTuscany, with the aidofthe.
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... fortification. The raiding bythe flotilla increased in scale too, with mixed results at first. Theorder lostthree galleys outof fivein asingle dayoffthe Torre di Montechiaroin 1570, where 80 knights were killed or captured.Three galleys ...
... fortification. The raiding bythe flotilla increased in scale too, with mixed results at first. Theorder lostthree galleys outof fivein asingle dayoffthe Torre di Montechiaroin 1570, where 80 knights were killed or captured.Three galleys ...
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... fortifications, and the upkeep ofthe 400 or 500. amonks«. resident onthe island. 97 In an emergency, extra funds had tobefound todefend the island. In1645, fearingan Ottoman invasion, 4,000 troops were recruited byagents of the order in ...
... fortifications, and the upkeep ofthe 400 or 500. amonks«. resident onthe island. 97 In an emergency, extra funds had tobefound todefend the island. In1645, fearingan Ottoman invasion, 4,000 troops were recruited byagents of the order in ...
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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