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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... galley served bettera military function than a commercial one.Built ina similar manner in Barcelona, Venice andConstantinople, galleys from all over the Mediterranean wereused side-by-side bytheircaptors and sometimes changed ...
... galley served bettera military function than a commercial one.Built ina similar manner in Barcelona, Venice andConstantinople, galleys from all over the Mediterranean wereused side-by-side bytheircaptors and sometimes changed ...
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... galley was unableto keep to sea inbad weather, andwas reduced tooperating forafew months inthe summer and autumn. The requirements ofcrews, ofequipment (oars, canvas, masts, rope, food) and also the shortnavigational season made galleys ...
... galley was unableto keep to sea inbad weather, andwas reduced tooperating forafew months inthe summer and autumn. The requirements ofcrews, ofequipment (oars, canvas, masts, rope, food) and also the shortnavigational season made galleys ...
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... galleys abreast. Changing direction required superhuman efforts from the end galleysto keepup. Elsewhere anaccordion effect bunched galleys up or spread them apart, opening dangerous gaps to theenemy, who was assured victory if ...
... galleys abreast. Changing direction required superhuman efforts from the end galleysto keepup. Elsewhere anaccordion effect bunched galleys up or spread them apart, opening dangerous gaps to theenemy, who was assured victory if ...
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... galleys, for expert gunners could disable one from afar, before closing in onits vulnerable stern. OneItalian galley squadron was able in 1637 to capture an entire Dutch convoy, composed of such agility vessels. 16 Over time their ...
... galleys, for expert gunners could disable one from afar, before closing in onits vulnerable stern. OneItalian galley squadron was able in 1637 to capture an entire Dutch convoy, composed of such agility vessels. 16 Over time their ...
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... galleys, the quality ofthe workforce declined. 19By 1592 only the pilot (orlantern) galleys, equivalent to flagships, were using crews of freemen; all theothersused convicts and prisoners chained to theirbenches where they ...
... galleys, the quality ofthe workforce declined. 19By 1592 only the pilot (orlantern) galleys, equivalent to flagships, were using crews of freemen; all theothersused convicts and prisoners chained to theirbenches where they ...
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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