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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... wasthe willand the possibility tocultivate that art;lands where lively political energies were fermenting, butwhich lacked brilliant and experienced military leaders thatItaly possessed in abundance. Italian generals and captains showed ...
... wasthe willand the possibility tocultivate that art;lands where lively political energies were fermenting, butwhich lacked brilliant and experienced military leaders thatItaly possessed in abundance. Italian generals and captains showed ...
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... was the bronze spur on the bow that hookedon to an enemy 1 ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding party. The vessel had suchshallow draughtthatit could operate close to shore,or bebeached with no difficulty. Thus,the ...
... was the bronze spur on the bow that hookedon to an enemy 1 ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding party. The vessel had suchshallow draughtthatit could operate close to shore,or bebeached with no difficulty. Thus,the ...
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... wasa roundship, becauseuntil the seventeenth centurythese were generally slow-moving, unwieldy and cumbersome, with their only advantage being their higher sides. Most merchant ships surrendered without a struggle, hoping for lenient ...
... wasa roundship, becauseuntil the seventeenth centurythese were generally slow-moving, unwieldy and cumbersome, with their only advantage being their higher sides. Most merchant ships surrendered without a struggle, hoping for lenient ...
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... was the appearance after 1590 of the improved NorthSea roundship, thebertone, asthe Italians called it. A typical Englishone displaced 300 to 500tons, broad and round, a three-master with square sailsand a crew of only aboutsixty men ...
... was the appearance after 1590 of the improved NorthSea roundship, thebertone, asthe Italians called it. A typical Englishone displaced 300 to 500tons, broad and round, a three-master with square sailsand a crew of only aboutsixty men ...
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... was the appropriate basefrom which to strikeatthe heart oftheOttoman Empire, the Barbarypirate coastfrom Tunisia and Tripolitania to present-day Algeria, andthe hostileGreek andAlbanian coast.Italy, rather than Iberia, wasthe Spanish ...
... was the appropriate basefrom which to strikeatthe heart oftheOttoman Empire, the Barbarypirate coastfrom Tunisia and Tripolitania to present-day Algeria, andthe hostileGreek andAlbanian coast.Italy, rather than Iberia, wasthe Spanish ...
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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