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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... for individually. And finally I would like to thank my wife Anne for tolerating periods when I spent long evenings in front of a word processor. Introduction Hilarity erupts¥ ®Shortbook! ̄¥ whenever Ireveal thatthe subject ofthisbook is.
... for individually. And finally I would like to thank my wife Anne for tolerating periods when I spent long evenings in front of a word processor. Introduction Hilarity erupts¥ ®Shortbook! ̄¥ whenever Ireveal thatthe subject ofthisbook is.
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... thatthe subject ofthisbook is Italianwar heroes: anoxymoron, Iam assured, byItalians orforeigners, in Italy and outside,since. ®Italians. are anythingbut ̄. Virtually everyone has anidea aboutthe subject, inspired by superficial knowledge ...
... thatthe subject ofthisbook is Italianwar heroes: anoxymoron, Iam assured, byItalians orforeigners, in Italy and outside,since. ®Italians. are anythingbut ̄. Virtually everyone has anidea aboutthe subject, inspired by superficial knowledge ...
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... that the main problemwas that Italian forces were fighting eachother in wars where the only victorcould be a foreign monarch ... thatthe memories ofthose actionswere obliterated in modern times (1924), because the families wereextinct ...
... that the main problemwas that Italian forces were fighting eachother in wars where the only victorcould be a foreign monarch ... thatthe memories ofthose actionswere obliterated in modern times (1924), because the families wereextinct ...
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... that the Risorgimento neglected or deprecated. Italian patricians and feudal lords retained theirmilitary traditions and refurbished them with every new generation. Moreover, service to the Habsburgs wasnot the attribute solely ...
... that the Risorgimento neglected or deprecated. Italian patricians and feudal lords retained theirmilitary traditions and refurbished them with every new generation. Moreover, service to the Habsburgs wasnot the attribute solely ...
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... that the Genoese alternative was cheaper, more efficient and clearly preferable when there wasnotenough moneyavailable tofinance a largerSpanish fleet,even in the 1630swhena single galleycost 18,000 ducats annually. 26 Considerations of ...
... that the Genoese alternative was cheaper, more efficient and clearly preferable when there wasnotenough moneyavailable tofinance a largerSpanish fleet,even in the 1630swhena single galleycost 18,000 ducats annually. 26 Considerations of ...
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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