Italy and the European Powers : The Impact of War, 1500-1530.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- ITALY AS A THEATRE OF WAR -- The transformation of war, 1494-1530 -- Hommes de guerre et Gens de finance: The inquest on the French defeat in Naples 1503-4 -- The face of the siege: Fortification, tactics and strategy in the early Italian Wars -- Loreto, Leo X and the fortifications on the Adriatic coast against the Infidel -- INDEPENDENT ITALY AND THE WARS -- The ending of the Duchy of Camerino -- Political allegiances and political structures in the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini -- The Papacy and the European powers -- OCCUPATION AND FOREIGN RULE -- Ferdinand the Catholic and the Kingdom of Naples -- Milan during the Italian Wars (1499-1529): Experiments in representation and definitions of citizenship -- A question of sovereignty: France and Genoa, 1494-1528 -- THE CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CONQUEST AND ASSIMILATION -- Arms and letters: The crisis of courtly culture in the Wars of Italy -- Visions of war in the 'terrestrial paradise'. Images of Italy in early sixteenth-century French texts -- Cardinals and courtesans: Secular music in Rome, 1500-1520 -- Music and crisis in Florence and Rome, 1527-30 -- Italian universities and the Wars of Italy -- Index -- HISTORY OF WARFARE.

A wide-ranging collection of essays, examining the effects of the central phase of the Italian Wars on the politics, culture and society of Italy, on military organization and the conduct of war, and on the image and reputation of Italy and the Italians.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.