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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... siege, firing their cannon at vulnerable flanks of afortress, and drawing away defenders. 7They could disembark their valuableheavy gunsto batter a fortressfrom the landward side; andtheir crews could dig entrenchments or participate in ...
... siege, firing their cannon at vulnerable flanks of afortress, and drawing away defenders. 7They could disembark their valuableheavy gunsto batter a fortressfrom the landward side; andtheir crews could dig entrenchments or participate in ...
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... siege ofPeñon and captured thispirate baseinafew days. 30 Given the scaleof expenditure, thissuccess was meagre. Repeated Spanish galley mobilization inthe1560sshows PhilipII«s desire toholdthe Moslem threat at bayandnotto relinquish ...
... siege ofPeñon and captured thispirate baseinafew days. 30 Given the scaleof expenditure, thissuccess was meagre. Repeated Spanish galley mobilization inthe1560sshows PhilipII«s desire toholdthe Moslem threat at bayandnotto relinquish ...
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... siege checked the Ottoman forcessent against them, theTurks hurriedly abandoned their siege and re-embarkedtheir army. They alsofeared that their fleet would be attacked while mostof the soldiers necessary to defend them were on land ...
... siege checked the Ottoman forcessent against them, theTurks hurriedly abandoned their siege and re-embarkedtheir army. They alsofeared that their fleet would be attacked while mostof the soldiers necessary to defend them were on land ...
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... siege. At sea Venice was able to muster 136 galleys plus 11of the new galeasses. From the total they managedto assemble a high seas strike fleet of 77galleys and20 roundships. The empire also hadto contribute to the build-up ofthefleet ...
... siege. At sea Venice was able to muster 136 galleys plus 11of the new galeasses. From the total they managedto assemble a high seas strike fleet of 77galleys and20 roundships. The empire also hadto contribute to the build-up ofthefleet ...
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... siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority of the Venetians over the Turks. Its garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its gunpowder. With such anarrow demographicbase, and such a huge ...
... siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority of the Venetians over the Turks. Its garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its gunpowder. With such anarrow demographicbase, and such a huge ...
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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