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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... andthe Borgo, which was protected byFort St Elmo onthe tipof a barren peninsula. This fortkeptthe Turkish fleet away ... and the Sierra Nevada, weakened Spain«s hold overthe waters around Sicily. In January 1570, friendly Tunisfell toa ...
... andthe Borgo, which was protected byFort St Elmo onthe tipof a barren peninsula. This fortkeptthe Turkish fleet away ... and the Sierra Nevada, weakened Spain«s hold overthe waters around Sicily. In January 1570, friendly Tunisfell toa ...
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... andthe rest of Italy,anxious toretain access to the Middle East,foundation of its prosperity. Venice wasno weakling. Perhaps two million people inhabited its empire, mostly inthe prosperous Terraferma and therest inthe Dalmatian and ...
... andthe rest of Italy,anxious toretain access to the Middle East,foundation of its prosperity. Venice wasno weakling. Perhaps two million people inhabited its empire, mostly inthe prosperous Terraferma and therest inthe Dalmatian and ...
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... and the coalition forces withdrew when the weather turned. Pope Pius V finally sewed together aformalHoly ... andthe infantry companies. Only Venetian patricians commanded the galleys. To compensate for thescarcity of soldiers ...
... and the coalition forces withdrew when the weather turned. Pope Pius V finally sewed together aformalHoly ... andthe infantry companies. Only Venetian patricians commanded the galleys. To compensate for thescarcity of soldiers ...
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... andthe Pope,Venice preferred to goits ownway. Therepublic«s strength was still considerable, with 130 galleys and 23,000infantry in the Adriatic andthe Aegean garrisons. Peace with Turkey and a resumption of commerce inthe Levant was ...
... andthe Pope,Venice preferred to goits ownway. Therepublic«s strength was still considerable, with 130 galleys and 23,000infantry in the Adriatic andthe Aegean garrisons. Peace with Turkey and a resumption of commerce inthe Levant was ...
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... and the bases were difficult to capture and hold, year-in, year-out. 57 In view of the ensuing stalemate, bothempires ... andthe squadrons dispersed. 58Gian Andrea Doria was finally relieved of his commandfor irresolute leadership inthis ...
... and the bases were difficult to capture and hold, year-in, year-out. 57 In view of the ensuing stalemate, bothempires ... andthe squadrons dispersed. 58Gian Andrea Doria was finally relieved of his commandfor irresolute leadership inthis ...
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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