Gabriele Esposito

Armies of the Medieval Italian Wars 1125-1325 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Rava, Giuseppe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between rival confederacies, which in turn proved to be the catalysts for developments in organisation and tactics. Italian urban militias became better organised and equipped, the Imperial armies went from being mostly German to multi-national forces, and both sides became reliant on mercenary forces to prosecute their wars.

After the 1260s, France, relying mainly on armoured cavalry, and Spain, with their innovative light infantry, vied for control of southern Italy. On the seas, the great naval powers of Genoa, Pisa and Venice became fierce rivals, as they created great trading empires, bringing the treasures of the east into feudal Europe. Using detailed colour plates, this beautifully illustrated book describes the myriad of armies and navies that fought for control of Italy in the Middle Ages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472833419
• Artikelnr.: 54763709

Autorenporträt

GABRIELE ESPOSITO is a professor of modern history, a freelance researcher and an author of military history books, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern postcolonial conflicts including 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. His books and essays have been published by Pen & Sword, Winged Hussar and Libreria Editrice Goriziana and he contributes to a variety of specialist military-history journals. He has written various titles for Osprey including MAA 499 Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864-70 and MAA 541 Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: outline of military events in Italy during 1125-1325, and
their importance for the history of Europe. * Chronology of major wars and
battles. [The following chapters each cover the organization, equipment,
tactics and combat history of the relevant armies.] * The Imperial armies:
the forces sent into Italy from the Holy Roman Empire, with emphasis on
those of Emperors Frederick Barbarossa and Frederick II. * The Lombard
League: the forces from northern Italy that resisted Imperial invasions,
with emphasis on Milan. * The Guelphs and Ghibellines: the forces of the
Papal States, Florence, Siena and the Kingdom of Naples, with emhasis on
Florence, and the battle of Montaperti. * The Maritime Republics: the land
and sea forces of Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. * The Angevin armies: the
French forces fighting in southern Italy. * The Aragonese armies: the
Spanish Catalan forces fighting in southern Italy.