The Italian Wars 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe

ISBN-13: 9781138739031 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 408 str.

Christine Shaw;Michael Mallett

Opis

The Italian Wars 1494-1559 outlines the major impact that these wars had on the history of Europe as a whole. Fully updated and containing a range of maps as well as a brand-new chapter on propaganda and images of war, this second edition is essential reading for students of Renaissance and military history.

Recenzje

"This revised edition of the 2012 collaboration between Dr. Shaw (Oxford) and the late Prof. Mallett (Warwick) is a masterful overview of the protracted conflict between France and Spain for control of Italy that came to involve virtually every major European power, including the Ottoman Empire, with everyone demonstrating a remarkable flexibility in their loyalties and alliances. In a clear, highly readable account, the authors managed to integrate in an almost seamless fashion complex matters of dynastic ambition, personalities, diplomatic interactions, strategic maneuvering, war finance, and military operations, including some good battle pieces."
NYMAS Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The genesis of the wars and the first French expedition; 2. Milan and Naples overwhelmed, 1496-1503; 3. The conflict widens; 4. New orders struggling to be born, 1512-1519; 5. The contest for supremacy in Italy, 1520-1529; 6. Testing the boundaries, 1529-47; 7. The French challenge, 1547-1559; 8. The transformation of war; 9. The resources of war; 10. Propaganda and images of war; 11. The legacies of the wars; Index