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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... seventeenth century. Italian states virtually ceased making waragainst eachother afterthe curiousCastro War(1642¥4), an episode of Italian history that has yettofind a modern historian. Most ofthese states were no longer capable ofwhat ...
... seventeenth century. Italian states virtually ceased making waragainst eachother afterthe curiousCastro War(1642¥4), an episode of Italian history that has yettofind a modern historian. Most ofthese states were no longer capable ofwhat ...
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... theseventeenth century. Fresh water wasa scarce and precious commodity, requiring frequent halts along thecoast to replenish the barrels, a procedure known as the acquata or the aiguade. Above all, the narrow,low galley was unableto ...
... theseventeenth century. Fresh water wasa scarce and precious commodity, requiring frequent halts along thecoast to replenish the barrels, a procedure known as the acquata or the aiguade. Above all, the narrow,low galley was unableto ...
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... century good bronze gunswere expensive and rare, like thegreat hand-carved stoneballs they fired. Thesingle bronze ... seventeenth centuryand even after. Bows were accurate, powerful and rapid,but ittook years to trainan effective archer ...
... century good bronze gunswere expensive and rare, like thegreat hand-carved stoneballs they fired. Thesingle bronze ... seventeenth centuryand even after. Bows were accurate, powerful and rapid,but ittook years to trainan effective archer ...
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... century, many oarsmenwere impressed seamen, captured pirates orconvicts, recruited from asfar away asBavaria. By 1580,when Venice was committed to ... seventeenth century.27 The clash of great fleets Itis easy toforget thatwhen historians.
... century, many oarsmenwere impressed seamen, captured pirates orconvicts, recruited from asfar away asBavaria. By 1580,when Venice was committed to ... seventeenth century.27 The clash of great fleets Itis easy toforget thatwhen historians.
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... forone expedition.32 The Turkish offensive against Maltain 1565 attempted to reassertMoslem ascendancy. Map 1.1 Naval bases in the western Mediterranean in the seventeenth century (after J.Alcala-Zamora yQueipo de Llano)
... forone expedition.32 The Turkish offensive against Maltain 1565 attempted to reassertMoslem ascendancy. Map 1.1 Naval bases in the western Mediterranean in the seventeenth century (after J.Alcala-Zamora yQueipo de Llano)
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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