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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... Tuscan fortresses and citadels, circa 1620 Map 2.6Habsburg territories and their allies, circa 1620 Map 3.1 The campaign against Genoa in 1625 Map 3.2 Papal annexations, 1597¥1649 Map 3.3 Zones ravaged by war in north-central Italy ...
... Tuscan fortresses and citadels, circa 1620 Map 2.6Habsburg territories and their allies, circa 1620 Map 3.1 The campaign against Genoa in 1625 Map 3.2 Papal annexations, 1597¥1649 Map 3.3 Zones ravaged by war in north-central Italy ...
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... Tuscan service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.20Origin ofItalian officers in Genoese service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.21 Origin ofItalian officers in Mantuan service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.22 ...
... Tuscan service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.20Origin ofItalian officers in Genoese service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.21 Origin ofItalian officers in Mantuan service, 1560¥1710 (basedon Encyclopedias) Map 6.22 ...
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... Tuscan, Emilian, Umbrian andeven Terraferma palazzi. Another important directionof this specifically Catholic activitylay intheappeal ofthe maritime militaryorders, of Malta andofSanto Stefano. Their raiding and amphibious campaigning ...
... Tuscan, Emilian, Umbrian andeven Terraferma palazzi. Another important directionof this specifically Catholic activitylay intheappeal ofthe maritime militaryorders, of Malta andofSanto Stefano. Their raiding and amphibious campaigning ...
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... Tuscan, Papal andSavoyard auxiliary flotillas in Spanish pay, and the enormous Venetian navy,it becomes apparentthat the great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with ...
... Tuscan, Papal andSavoyard auxiliary flotillas in Spanish pay, and the enormous Venetian navy,it becomes apparentthat the great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with ...
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... Tuscan crews,rented from the grand duke. MarcAntonio Colonna had once owned a private corsair flotilla, and knew something aboutwarfare at sea. Aboard were 3,000 troops in Papal pay, and many adventurers. The Tuscan crusading order ...
... Tuscan crews,rented from the grand duke. MarcAntonio Colonna had once owned a private corsair flotilla, and knew something aboutwarfare at sea. Aboard were 3,000 troops in Papal pay, and many adventurers. The Tuscan crusading order ...
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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