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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... troops (again largely Italians) in Sicily to rescue the stranded troops on Djerba, and launched new galleys to replace thoselost, but theydared not attack the Turkish fleet. Atthe end ofJuly the Djerba garrison surrenderedfor lackof ...
... troops (again largely Italians) in Sicily to rescue the stranded troops on Djerba, and launched new galleys to replace thoselost, but theydared not attack the Turkish fleet. Atthe end ofJuly the Djerba garrison surrenderedfor lackof ...
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... troops, to effect the relief of the Oran 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 ...
... troops, to effect the relief of the Oran 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 ...
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... troops until an attack was imminent. JohnHale has shown how theVenetian peacetime force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired professional soldiersand large territorial militias simultaneously ...
... troops until an attack was imminent. JohnHale has shown how theVenetian peacetime force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired professional soldiersand large territorial militias simultaneously ...
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... troops of Spaniards and Italians for Sicily and forthe galleys themselves. The combined squadrons of Sicily, Naples and Genoa comprised about sixty galleys, carryingseveral thousand troops. Catholic forces combinedin Crete were ...
... troops of Spaniards and Italians for Sicily and forthe galleys themselves. The combined squadrons of Sicily, Naples and Genoa comprised about sixty galleys, carryingseveral thousand troops. Catholic forces combinedin Crete were ...
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... troops. In totalthere were 25,000 soldiers in Spanishpay. Thoughno Neapolitan commanded anyof the21 galleys ofthe kingdom«s squadron at Lepanto, they werenumerous among the soldiersand gentlemen adventurers. The kingdom also provided ...
... troops. In totalthere were 25,000 soldiers in Spanishpay. Thoughno Neapolitan commanded anyof the21 galleys ofthe kingdom«s squadron at Lepanto, they werenumerous among the soldiersand gentlemen adventurers. The kingdom also provided ...
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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