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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... fleet leftConstantinople in April,earlier than the Hispano-Italians thought possible. It arrived offDjerbaon 11 May, weeks before itwasexpected. Theconsequence was sopredictable that the scattered Catholic fleet gaveno thoughttoforming ...
... fleet leftConstantinople in April,earlier than the Hispano-Italians thought possible. It arrived offDjerbaon 11 May, weeks before itwasexpected. Theconsequence was sopredictable that the scattered Catholic fleet gaveno thoughttoforming ...
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... fleet suffered another catastrophe inNovember 1562 when asavage storm sank 25 of 28 galleys assembledoff the Màlaga coast, with the loss of several thousand lives. This requiredthe urgent assembly ofmost of the available Italian galleys ...
... fleet suffered another catastrophe inNovember 1562 when asavage storm sank 25 of 28 galleys assembledoff the Màlaga coast, with the loss of several thousand lives. This requiredthe urgent assembly ofmost of the available Italian galleys ...
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... fleet surpassing 150sail, landed about 25,000 soldiers andworkers onthe island on18 May. They quicklyoverran it save for the old capital of CittàVecchia andthe Borgo, which was protected byFort St Elmo onthe tipof a barren peninsula ...
... fleet surpassing 150sail, landed about 25,000 soldiers andworkers onthe island on18 May. They quicklyoverran it save for the old capital of CittàVecchia andthe Borgo, which was protected byFort St Elmo onthe tipof a barren peninsula ...
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... fleet of 77galleys and20 roundships. The empire also hadto contribute to the build-up ofthefleet, with Creteproducing 29 galleyson its own. Despite these efforts, only the massive fortifications ofNicosia and Famagusta delayed the quick ...
... fleet of 77galleys and20 roundships. The empire also hadto contribute to the build-up ofthefleet, with Creteproducing 29 galleyson its own. Despite these efforts, only the massive fortifications ofNicosia and Famagusta delayed the quick ...
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... fleet, however, and the coalition forces withdrew when the weather turned. Pope Pius V finally sewed together aformalHoly Leaguetoconfront the Ottoman navy and save Venice. Three commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard ...
... fleet, however, and the coalition forces withdrew when the weather turned. Pope Pius V finally sewed together aformalHoly Leaguetoconfront the Ottoman navy and save Venice. Three commanders were designated: DonJuan, Philip II«s bastard ...
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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