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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... ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding party. The vessel had suchshallow draughtthatit could ... ships. Neither the attacking shipnor its target could releasemore than one salvobefore collision. Itsufficed forthe ...
... ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding party. The vessel had suchshallow draughtthatit could ... ships. Neither the attacking shipnor its target could releasemore than one salvobefore collision. Itsufficed forthe ...
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... ships surrendered without a struggle, hoping for lenient treatment. 5 The galley«s strengthin manpower was alsoits chief drawback. It consumed provisionsata rate commensurate with thenumberof people wedgedinto it, and extreme crowding ...
... ships surrendered without a struggle, hoping for lenient treatment. 5 The galley«s strengthin manpower was alsoits chief drawback. It consumed provisionsata rate commensurate with thenumberof people wedgedinto it, and extreme crowding ...
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... the bow superstructure looking down onto the deckof the target ship. 11 At Lepanto the Venetians introduced a secret weapon that,if it did notspell thedemise of galley fleetsfor more than acentury,at least introduced aself-
... the bow superstructure looking down onto the deckof the target ship. 11 At Lepanto the Venetians introduced a secret weapon that,if it did notspell thedemise of galley fleetsfor more than acentury,at least introduced aself-
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... ships werenot invulnerable to 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 ...
... ships werenot invulnerable to 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 ...
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... ships, despitethe greater expense.At Lepanto aboutten percentofthe entire Christian navy consistedof rentedgalleys belonging to Genoese entrepreneurs, who were conspicuousat the divisionof the spoils. They purveyed galleystoSpain during ...
... ships, despitethe greater expense.At Lepanto aboutten percentofthe entire Christian navy consistedof rentedgalleys belonging to Genoese entrepreneurs, who were conspicuousat the divisionof the spoils. They purveyed galleystoSpain during ...
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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