The Scramble for Italy: Continuity and Change in the Italian Wars, 1494-1559

ISBN-13: 9780815382256 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str.

Idan Sherer

Opis

The Scramble for Italy offers fresh insights on the set of conflicts known as the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. Scholars and general readers who are interested in the political and military history of late medieval and early modern Europe should find this study especially instructive.

Spis treści

Introduction: Continuity and change in the Italian Wars  1. Knighthood and chivalry transformed?  2. Professional Soldiers, unprofessional institutions  3. "When war comes, they want to flee": Was Machiavelli right?  4. New weapons in a zealously traditional world  Conclusion

O autorze

Idan Sherer is Lecturer at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on medieval and early modern European military history, and on the history of medieval and early modern Spain and Italy.