The Twilight Of A Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800

by Gregory Hanlon

Overview

First published in 2002. This work of military history integrates the Italian dimension into the wider political and military history of early modern Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135361426
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/22/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Gregory Hanlon

Table of Contents

Knights and corsairs in the Mediterranean; Italy in the age of Hapsburg hegemony, 1560-1620; the Forty Years' War, 1618-1659; the Venetian epic, 1600-1718; the Spanish crisis and the rise of Austria, 1660-1710; profiles and careers' the piedmontese exception; the great powers and Italian demilitarization, 1700-1814; the military imagination.

Editorial Reviews

'Both in providing accessible information and in offering a far more nuanced and unprejudiced view of the military activities of the Italian princes and their nobilities, Hanlons book is invaluable.' - D. Parrott, War in History

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