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Pavia.1525

By Angus Konstam , Graham Turner

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1996
ISBN
9781855325043, 1855325047
Open Library ID
OL8992916M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13773099 bytes)
Series
Campaign
Pages
96\96
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

By 1525 France had turned its attention to the conquering of the rich Italian Duchy of Milan, opposed or assisted at varying times by Italian states, with both sides calling upon the support of Swiss, German and Italian mercenaries. In these campaigns France's toughest adversary was the Spanish army, and when the thrones of Spain and Austria were combined in 1519, it altered the whole nature of the Italian Wars. In the titanic clash at Pavia the French were smashed by the Imperial army, King Francis I captured and the cream of his nobility slaughtered.

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