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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... Naples and Genoa comprised about sixty galleys, carryingseveral thousand troops. Catholic forces combinedin Crete were therefore considerable. Venetian, Spanish and Pontifical forces reached a totalof205 galleys and galeasses, with ...
... Naples and Genoa comprised about sixty galleys, carryingseveral thousand troops. Catholic forces combinedin Crete were therefore considerable. Venetian, Spanish and Pontifical forces reached a totalof205 galleys and galeasses, with ...
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... Naples flotilla in 1583numbered only 26 in 1621 and 17in 1633, increasingly decrepit and poorly manned. There was no peace, though, since the Jihadandthe Crusade justified continuing the war by other means. Corsairs. and. maritime. raiding.
... Naples flotilla in 1583numbered only 26 in 1621 and 17in 1633, increasingly decrepit and poorly manned. There was no peace, though, since the Jihadandthe Crusade justified continuing the war by other means. Corsairs. and. maritime. raiding.
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... Naples« squadron oscillated in size, depending upon the availability of cash or the urgency ofits mobilization. By 1616, onlyten galleys remained, which was smaller than the viceroy«spersonal corsair flotilla. Theline between defensive ...
... Naples« squadron oscillated in size, depending upon the availability of cash or the urgency ofits mobilization. By 1616, onlyten galleys remained, which was smaller than the viceroy«spersonal corsair flotilla. Theline between defensive ...
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... 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, and 10,000 local militia, not.
... 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, and 10,000 local militia, not.
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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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