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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... atthe political evolution ofthe peninsula andthe military infrastructure over the long term. This we didby drawing upon the resources, thegoodwilland the patience of the people in the Dalhousie University Killam Library inter-library ...
... atthe political evolution ofthe peninsula andthe military infrastructure over the long term. This we didby drawing upon the resources, thegoodwilland the patience of the people in the Dalhousie University Killam Library inter-library ...
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... at the critical moment they lackedthe resolveto confront the®furore francese ̄. His portrayal of mercenary pseudo ... atthe closeofthe wars ofItaly in1559, Iwillcharttheir progress and decline.Itis hard not to discern the progressive ...
... at the critical moment they lackedthe resolveto confront the®furore francese ̄. His portrayal of mercenary pseudo ... atthe closeofthe wars ofItaly in1559, Iwillcharttheir progress and decline.Itis hard not to discern the progressive ...
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... at the highest levels of theSpanish and Austrian imperial systems. Uncovering tracesof their activity andinfluence isnot difficult. Their vocations reveal somethingabout the cosmopolitan nature ofthe Italian aristocracy, and the wayit ...
... at the highest levels of theSpanish and Austrian imperial systems. Uncovering tracesof their activity andinfluence isnot difficult. Their vocations reveal somethingabout the cosmopolitan nature ofthe Italian aristocracy, and the wayit ...
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... atthe turn ofthe century, derived from printed sources, Venezia eilTurco nella seconda metàdel secolo XVII (Florence: 1902),and L'ultima guerra turco–veneziana (1714–18) (Florence: 1902). 7 Ihave usedan older volume ofcollected works ...
... atthe turn ofthe century, derived from printed sources, Venezia eilTurco nella seconda metàdel secolo XVII (Florence: 1902),and L'ultima guerra turco–veneziana (1714–18) (Florence: 1902). 7 Ihave usedan older volume ofcollected works ...
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... at the rightspot (the side ofanother oared vessel, the bow or stern of a roundship).A commonbut not universal feature was the bronze spur on the bow that hookedon to an enemy 1 ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding ...
... at the rightspot (the side ofanother oared vessel, the bow or stern of a roundship).A commonbut not universal feature was the bronze spur on the bow that hookedon to an enemy 1 ship andprovided simultaneously a walkway for the boarding ...
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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