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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... of the military Orderof theStar,a company of knights ostensibly aidthe struggle against the Turks. in Messina, raisedto Carlo then defected to Constantinople, and eventually became governor ofthe islandof Naxos for the Turks.70 Scipione ...
... of the military Orderof theStar,a company of knights ostensibly aidthe struggle against the Turks. in Messina, raisedto Carlo then defected to Constantinople, and eventually became governor ofthe islandof Naxos for the Turks.70 Scipione ...
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... ofthe necessary manpower in 1610.77In Sicily, as everywhere inItaly, the judges condemned criminals to the galleys rather than to capital sentences or exile,so that the term galley became a synonym forprison in the Italian language.78 ...
... ofthe necessary manpower in 1610.77In Sicily, as everywhere inItaly, the judges condemned criminals to the galleys rather than to capital sentences or exile,so that the term galley became a synonym forprison in the Italian language.78 ...
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... ofthe order, eitherat seaor availableinport. Normally therewere 20to25 knights per galley, and 30on the flagship, complemented by a fewscore ofsoldiers anda comparable number of seamen. Theselatter hailedgenerally fromMalta, Corsica ...
... ofthe order, eitherat seaor availableinport. Normally therewere 20to25 knights per galley, and 30on the flagship, complemented by a fewscore ofsoldiers anda comparable number of seamen. Theselatter hailedgenerally fromMalta, Corsica ...
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... ofthe order wereable to embark tenper cent of the active population of the island. This share grew in subsequent decades. In 1632 the galleys tookto sea some 3,080persons, ofwhom 1,284 were slaves and 175 were convicts. Half the total ...
... ofthe order wereable to embark tenper cent of the active population of the island. This share grew in subsequent decades. In 1632 the galleys tookto sea some 3,080persons, ofwhom 1,284 were slaves and 175 were convicts. Half the total ...
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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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