1st Edition
The Scramble for Italy Continuity and Change in the Italian Wars, 1494-1559
By Idan Sherer
Copyright 2021
174 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Scramble for Italy offers fresh insights on the set of conflicts known as the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. The aim of this book is to explore the trends of continuity and change that characterized the sixteenth century in order to demonstrate the significance of the Italian Wars as an especially intense period of warfare that drove forward several important social, political, and especially... Read more
Introduction: Continuity and Change in the Italian Wars
1. Knighthodd 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
Biography
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.
