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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... the enormous Venetian navy,it becomes apparentthat the great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with seamen and soldiers of predominantly Italian origin. The ...
... the enormous Venetian navy,it becomes apparentthat the great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with seamen and soldiers of predominantly Italian origin. The ...
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... the Mediterranean.35 Spanish preoccupation with an Islamic guerrilla warin Iberia left the door open foran Ottoman attack on Venetian Cyprus in1570.The Serenissima traditionally helditself alooffrom the greatfleet expeditionsof Spain ...
... the Mediterranean.35 Spanish preoccupation with an Islamic guerrilla warin Iberia left the door open foran Ottoman attack on Venetian Cyprus in1570.The Serenissima traditionally helditself alooffrom the greatfleet expeditionsof Spain ...
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... Venetian patricians commanded the galleys. To compensate for thescarcity of soldiers, the Venetians led raids into Bosnia and Hercegovina, and spurred Serbs, Albanians and Greeks torise up againstthe Ottomansfrom Bosnia to the ...
... Venetian patricians commanded the galleys. To compensate for thescarcity of soldiers, the Venetians led raids into Bosnia and Hercegovina, and spurred Serbs, Albanians and Greeks torise up againstthe Ottomansfrom Bosnia to the ...
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... the suspicious Venetians accepted1,500 Spanish,Italian and German soldiers inthe ... Venetian galeass. Six of them carried between 22and 42 piecesof artillery ... the cohesion ofthe Ottoman line,and meted out punishment by firingfrom the.
... the suspicious Venetians accepted1,500 Spanish,Italian and German soldiers inthe ... Venetian galeass. Six of them carried between 22and 42 piecesof artillery ... the cohesion ofthe Ottoman line,and meted out punishment by firingfrom the.
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... the two fleets collidedby the bows.Don Juan made themost of theCatholic fleet«s artillery advantageby removing thebow spursto improve the fieldof fire.The Turks tried toforce the Christian leftwing along theshore, but Barbarigo«s Venetian ...
... the two fleets collidedby the bows.Don Juan made themost of theCatholic fleet«s artillery advantageby removing thebow spursto improve the fieldof fire.The Turks tried toforce the Christian leftwing along theshore, but Barbarigo«s Venetian ...
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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