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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... the politicaland military history of Europe from the sixteenthto the eighteenth century. Readers will find littlethere that is new. However, the political and military context of the various Italian states in theperiod is not generally ...
... the politicaland military history of Europe from the sixteenthto the eighteenth century. Readers will find littlethere that is new. However, the political and military context of the various Italian states in theperiod is not generally ...
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... a system enabled the vessel to carry more oarsmen, and increased its speed. By the late sixteenth century, the crowding wastruly daunting. Men were crammed into every nook and cranny, from the oarsmen chained tothe benches, tothe ...
... a system enabled the vessel to carry more oarsmen, and increased its speed. By the late sixteenth century, the crowding wastruly daunting. Men were crammed into every nook and cranny, from the oarsmen chained tothe benches, tothe ...
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... from offeringcombat toany enemy navy, was tocapture enemy bases that would support friendly fleets thereafter. Suchwas the purpose of the Hispano- Italian attackon Djerba in1560, the invasion ofMalta in 1565,theOttoman invasion of ...
... from offeringcombat toany enemy navy, was tocapture enemy bases that would support friendly fleets thereafter. Suchwas the purpose of the Hispano- Italian attackon Djerba in1560, the invasion ofMalta in 1565,theOttoman invasion of ...
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... the campaign, they had to be towed bythe lighter (sensile) galleys, despite theefforts ofup to 500 oarsmen. They provideda stable platform for hundredsof soldiersand gunners. By their armament, and their to spew from the sides size and ...
... the campaign, they had to be towed bythe lighter (sensile) galleys, despite theefforts ofup to 500 oarsmen. They provideda stable platform for hundredsof soldiersand gunners. By their armament, and their to spew from the sides size and ...
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... The port ofBorgo was a tiny community, despiteits ample,deep- water harbour ... the inhabitants, the the economy privateering againstMoslem vessels. In ... from the town, andit was heldat all costs. Reinforcementsfor it arrived by ...
... The port ofBorgo was a tiny community, despiteits ample,deep- water harbour ... the inhabitants, the the economy privateering againstMoslem vessels. In ... from the town, andit was heldat all costs. Reinforcementsfor it arrived by ...
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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