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 great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with seamen and soldiers of predominantly Italian origin. The peninsula, moreover, was the appropriate basefrom which to ...
... the great majority of theCatholic fleetsin the Mediterranean, probablymore than70 percent, were inreality Italian, with seamen and soldiers of predominantly Italian origin. The peninsula, moreover, was the appropriate basefrom which to ...
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... the hands of the Moslems sincethe beginningof SultanSuleiman«s reign in1521. The. aSpanish«. fleet suffered another ... was meagre. Repeated Spanish galley mobilization inthe1560sshows PhilipII«s desire toholdthe Moslem threat at ...
... the hands of the Moslems sincethe beginningof SultanSuleiman«s reign in1521. The. aSpanish«. fleet suffered another ... was meagre. Repeated Spanish galley mobilization inthe1560sshows PhilipII«s desire toholdthe Moslem threat at ...
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... the feudal levies, whowould not exceed the numbers ofprofessional troops until an attack was imminent. JohnHale has shown how theVenetian peacetime force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired ...
... the feudal levies, whowould not exceed the numbers ofprofessional troops until an attack was imminent. JohnHale has shown how theVenetian peacetime force of about 9,000 men quadrupledin the space of a few months by drawing upon hired ...
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... the end of August, 1571.The entire Catholic fleetwas not assembled until September. By colossal effort, Venice foundsoldiers and crews sufficient for its galleys and its garrisonstoo. This network offortifications was the real armature ...
... the end of August, 1571.The entire Catholic fleetwas not assembled until September. By colossal effort, Venice foundsoldiers and crews sufficient for its galleys and its garrisonstoo. This network offortifications was the real armature ...
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... the grand duke. MarcAntonio Colonna had once owned a private corsair flotilla, and knew something aboutwarfare at sea. Aboard were 3,000 troops in Papal pay, and many adventurers. The Tuscan crusading order ofSanto Stefano manned five ...
... the grand duke. MarcAntonio Colonna had once owned a private corsair flotilla, and knew something aboutwarfare at sea. Aboard were 3,000 troops in Papal pay, and many adventurers. The Tuscan crusading order ofSanto Stefano manned five ...
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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