Gregory Hanlon

The Hero of Italy

Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, His Soldiers, and His Subjects in the Thirty Years' War

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Produktbeschreibung

Relates the misadventure of a minor Italian state whose prince led it into a major war against the principal European power of the time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780198847038
• ISBN-10: 0198847033
• Artikelnr.: 57713847

Autorenporträt

Gregory Hanlon is a French-trained behavioural historian whose work draws from a wide range of social and behavioural sciences. Over his career his work has embraced a variety of historical problems, including religious and military history. An anthropologist whose subjects are long-dead, he has written two books on closely-studied communities in 17th-century Italy and France and a book on the harsh realities of military campaigning.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the other Thirty Years' War
1: The moth and the flame
2: Duke Odoardo's army
3: The Duke of Parma's great adventure
4: Duke Odoardo's subjects
Conclusion