Research Catalog

Title

The scramble for Italy : continuity and change in the Italian wars, 1494-1559 / Idan Sherer.

Author

Sherer, Idan

Publication

London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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Details

Description

viii, 159 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 military developments. Employing a myriad of primary and secondary sources, this book illustrates how the European nobility, still very much steeped in knightly and chivalric ideals, was fashioning the Italian Wars into an essentially traditional aristocratic war, while the rise of military professionalization and privatization, accompanied by the processes of centralization and consolidation of political power, was rapidly changing their world. Moreover, the book attempts to demonstrate that although the debate on a supposed military revolution in late medieval and early modern Europe still rages, sixteenth century soldiers and intellectuals were quite certain, and anxious, about the potential effects of gunpowder weapons and novel tactics and strategy on their world. Scholars and general readers who are interested in the political and military history of late medieval and early modern Europe should find this study especially instructive"--

Series Statement

Routledge research in early modern history

Uniform Title

Routledge research in early modern history.

Alternative Title

Continuity and change in the Italian wars, 1494-1559

Subject

• To 1648
• War and society > Italy > History > To 1500
• War and society > Italy > History > 16th century
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• War and society
• Italy > History > 1492-1559
• Italy > History, Military > 1268-1559
• Italy > Politics and government > 1268-1559
• Italy > Foreign relations > 1492-1559
• Europe > History, Military > 1492-1648
• Europe
• Italy

Genre/Form

• History.
• Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-153) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-4505

ISBN

• 9780815382256
• 0815382251

LCCN

• 2020040486
• 40030507561

OCLC

1221016871

Author

Sherer, Idan, author.

Title

The scramble for Italy : continuity and change in the Italian wars, 1494-1559 / Idan Sherer.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge research in early modern history

Routledge research in early modern history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-153) and index.

Chronological Term

To 1648

Other Form:

Online version: Sherer, Idan. Scramble for Italy London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 9781351208871 (DLC) 2020040487

Other Standard Identifier

40030507561

Research Call Number

JFE 21-4505