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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... sixteenth and seventeenth centuries inboth Madridand Vienna.It was Elmar whoferreted out theFascist encyclopedias. Their compilations allowa glimpse ofthe military activity ofnobles fromallover the peninsula.There was no way of knowing ...
... sixteenth and seventeenth centuries inboth Madridand Vienna.It was Elmar whoferreted out theFascist encyclopedias. Their compilations allowa glimpse ofthe military activity ofnobles fromallover the peninsula.There was no way of knowing ...
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... attitudesof a nation, rendered a superficial and derogatory judgement.10 Despite its militant nationalism, Fascist historiography usually turnedablind eye to Spanish domination inthe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Theperiod.
... attitudesof a nation, rendered a superficial and derogatory judgement.10 Despite its militant nationalism, Fascist historiography usually turnedablind eye to Spanish domination inthe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Theperiod.
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... sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Theperiod constitutes areal. ablack. hole« ofItalian military historiography. 11 When Fascist writersdid examine theera, they were inclined to provethat the military. aspirit«. of Italians survived ...
... sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Theperiod constitutes areal. ablack. hole« ofItalian military historiography. 11 When Fascist writersdid examine theera, they were inclined to provethat the military. aspirit«. of Italians survived ...
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... sixteenth to theeighteenth centuries. These officers, not. acondottieri«in. the purelymercenary sense of that word, played a conspicuouspart at the highest levels of theSpanish and Austrian imperial systems. Uncovering tracesof their ...
... sixteenth to theeighteenth centuries. These officers, not. acondottieri«in. the purelymercenary sense of that word, played a conspicuouspart at the highest levels of theSpanish and Austrian imperial systems. Uncovering tracesof their ...
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... sixteenth century was the replacement of the trireme, whereoarsmen on three levels each wielded a single oar,bya galley fitted outwith asingle bank of oars, each powered by several men. Such a system enabled the vessel to carry more ...
... sixteenth century was the replacement of the trireme, whereoarsmen on three levels each wielded a single oar,bya galley fitted outwith asingle bank of oars, each powered by several men. Such a system enabled the vessel to carry more ...
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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