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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... wasthe maintenanceof a string ofbasesin North Africa, like Melilla, Ceuta andOran, sometimes held only to preventthem from falling into enemy hands. Finding galleys,crews and especially oarsmen was themost difficult part of thattask ...
... wasthe maintenanceof a string ofbasesin North Africa, like Melilla, Ceuta andOran, sometimes held only to preventthem from falling into enemy hands. Finding galleys,crews and especially oarsmen was themost difficult part of thattask ...
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... was the real armature of its resistance. Cretealone absorbed 8,500soldiers in1571, or 29 per cent of all the overseas garrisonsof the republic. 40 Theepic siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority ...
... was the real armature of its resistance. Cretealone absorbed 8,500soldiers in1571, or 29 per cent of all the overseas garrisonsof the republic. 40 Theepic siege ofFamagusta, which lasted eighteen months provedthe technical superiority ...
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... wasthe Venetian galeass. Six of them carried between 22and 42 piecesof artillery each, most with shot weighing more than14 pounds (6.5kg). They were floating fortresses the like of which hadnever beenseen, with six timesthe armament of ...
... wasthe Venetian galeass. Six of them carried between 22and 42 piecesof artillery each, most with shot weighing more than14 pounds (6.5kg). They were floating fortresses the like of which hadnever beenseen, with six timesthe armament of ...
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... was the signal to the Catholics that they had won. In that day«s carnage, between 8,000 and 9,000 Christians died, despite that fact that only 12 of their galleys remained in Ottoman hands at the end of the day. Catholic arms killed ...
... was the signal to the Catholics that they had won. In that day«s carnage, between 8,000 and 9,000 Christians died, despite that fact that only 12 of their galleys remained in Ottoman hands at the end of the day. Catholic arms killed ...
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... wasthe south coast of Sicily, Sardinia andCalabria. Sardinia«s population declined absolutely as it fled from the coastline, cutting it off ever further from the outside world. 63 Moslem pirates operated occasionally in larger fleetsof ...
... wasthe south coast of Sicily, Sardinia andCalabria. Sardinia«s population declined absolutely as it fled from the coastline, cutting it off ever further from the outside world. 63 Moslem pirates operated occasionally in larger fleetsof ...
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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