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Pavia 1525: The Climax of the Italian Wars

By Angus Konstam , Graham Turner

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781855325043, 1855325047
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16824725 bytes)
Series
Campaign 44
Pages
96\96
Time added
2020-09-28 00:35:33
16th Century;History;Military;Military History;War

Description

Osprey's Campaign title for the climax of the Italian Wars (1494-1559). The battle of Pavia has been hailed as the first modern battle, marking the rise of hand held weapons as a tool of warfare. In this titanic clash - the most decisive of the Italian Wars, caused by French territorial ambitions in first the Kingdom of Naples and then the Duchy of Milan - the French troops were smashed by the Spanish Imperial Army. King Francis I was captured, and the cream of his nobility slaughtered. France's greatest defeat since Agincourt, the battle dramatically swung the balance of power in Western Europe.

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