Bibliograph

The military organization of a Renaissance state, Venice, c. 1400 to 1617, M.E. Mallett and J.R. Hale

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Label

The military organization of a Renaissance state, Venice, c. 1400 to 1617, M.E. Mallett and J.R. Hale

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The military organization of a Renaissance state

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

715166234

Responsibility statement

M.E. Mallett and J.R. Hale

Series statement

Cambridge studies in early modern historyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Venice, c. 1400 to 1617

Summary

This book describes the role and organization of the land forces of a renaissance state over a long period. It thus provides a model against which the military development of other countries can be measured in terms of the composition, control and cost of armies. Above all, it redresses the imbalance whereby only the naval forces of Venice have been studied seriously. It is thus an essential contribution to an understanding of the extension and maintenance of an empire by land and sea, and of the strength in troops and fortifications that preserved Venice as the one truly independent state in sixteenth-century Italy. It also adds significantly to an understanding of the relationship between Venice and the republic's subject territories. --, Provided by publisher

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