The Military Organisation of a Renaissance State: Venice C.1400 to 1617

by J.R. Hale and Michael Edward Mallett

Book Overview

This book describes the role and organization of the land forces of a renaissance state over a long period. It thus provides a model against which the military development of other countries can be measured in terms of the composition, control and cost of armies. Above all, it redresses the imbalance whereby only the naval forces of Venice have been studied seriously. It is thus an essential contribution to an understanding of the extension and maintenance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032474
• ISBN13: 9780521032476
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"