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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... garrisons. Tyrant princes and oligarchic republicshad goodreason todisarm their subjects and confide their securityto mercenary warlords. Only the condottieri retained the. amilitary. spirit,«a senseof self- confidence, pride and ...
... garrisons. Tyrant princes and oligarchic republicshad goodreason todisarm their subjects and confide their securityto mercenary warlords. Only the condottieri retained the. amilitary. spirit,«a senseof self- confidence, pride and ...
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... garrison surrenderedfor lackof water. Afterthat,the combined Turkishand Barbary navy cruised with impunity offthe coasts of Tuscany before raiding thesouthern coast ofSicilyand burning the city ofAugusta. Theyprobably captured about7 ...
... garrison surrenderedfor lackof water. Afterthat,the combined Turkishand Barbary navy cruised with impunity offthe coasts of Tuscany before raiding thesouthern coast ofSicilyand burning the city ofAugusta. Theyprobably captured about7 ...
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... garrison. That 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 ...
... garrison. That 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 ...
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... garrisons everywhere. Mercenaries habitually sent to the Greek islands were untrustworthy, because they had ... garrison besides the local Greeks,but itwas aseaport and received providential relief froma Venetian squadron under Marco ...
... garrisons everywhere. Mercenaries habitually sent to the Greek islands were untrustworthy, because they had ... garrison besides the local Greeks,but itwas aseaport and received providential relief froma Venetian squadron under Marco ...
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... garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its gunpowder. With such anarrow demographicbase, and such a huge arc of territories to garrison against the Ottomans,the Venetians were hard pressed to find troopsfor their galleys ...
... garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its gunpowder. With such anarrow demographicbase, and such a huge arc of territories to garrison against the Ottomans,the Venetians were hard pressed to find troopsfor their galleys ...
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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