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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... cent (with inflation running ataround 4 per cent) onthe unpaid balance. For the entrepreneur, an asientofor a galleywas also a means of realizing hidden profits,suchas having access to jealously guarded currency export licences ...
... cent (with inflation running ataround 4 per cent) onthe unpaid balance. For the entrepreneur, an asientofor a galleywas also a means of realizing hidden profits,suchas having access to jealously guarded currency export licences ...
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... cent of all the overseas garrisonsof the republic. 40 Theepic siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority of the Venetians over the Turks. Its garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its ...
... cent of all the overseas garrisonsof the republic. 40 Theepic siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority of the Venetians over the Turks. Its garrison surrendered 41 only after it hadexhausted its ...
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... cent of the. aofficial«. or declared booty. Between 1600 and 1624, the chancellery gave out 280 licences, involving 350 ships, an average of 14annually. There was an increase in this activity duringthe Cretan War(1645¥69), and atthe peak ...
... cent of the. aofficial«. or declared booty. Between 1600 and 1624, the chancellery gave out 280 licences, involving 350 ships, an average of 14annually. There was an increase in this activity duringthe Cretan War(1645¥69), and atthe peak ...
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... cent of the active population, andmaybe about 25per cent in 1665.94 Of these, the Maltese themselveswere a minority alongside thesouthern Italians, Corsicans, Tuscans, Provençaux,as well asGreeks andCroats. The landing and auction of ...
... cent of the active population, andmaybe about 25per cent in 1665.94 Of these, the Maltese themselveswere a minority alongside thesouthern Italians, Corsicans, Tuscans, Provençaux,as well asGreeks andCroats. The landing and auction of ...
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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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