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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... troops, 54 mostly arquebusiers. While they refrained from confronting another Christian navy,theypointedly sailed into the Adriatic and burnedthe Puglian townof Castro near Òtranto. Another great battle between the fleetswas almost ...
... troops, 54 mostly arquebusiers. While they refrained from confronting another Christian navy,theypointedly sailed into the Adriatic and burnedthe Puglian townof Castro near Òtranto. Another great battle between the fleetswas almost ...
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... troops converged on Algiers, hoping thata slaverising would give themadvantage over the city. The attempt failed andthe squadrons dispersed. 58Gian Andrea Doria was finally relieved of his commandfor irresolute leadership inthis fiasco ...
... troops converged on Algiers, hoping thata slaverising would give themadvantage over the city. The attempt failed andthe squadrons dispersed. 58Gian Andrea Doria was finally relieved of his commandfor irresolute leadership inthis fiasco ...
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... troops were recruited byagents of the order in thekingdoms of Naples and Sicily, and 1,500 elsewhere in the peninsula. The knights and their servants converged on the island tohelp in the defence. There were 1,400of them, 4,000regular ...
... troops were recruited byagents of the order in thekingdoms of Naples and Sicily, and 1,500 elsewhere in the peninsula. The knights and their servants converged on the island tohelp in the defence. There were 1,400of them, 4,000regular ...
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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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