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

M. E. Mallett; J. R. Hale

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511562686

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 of an empire by land and sea, and of the strength in troops and fortifications that preserved Venice as the one truly independent state in sixteenth-century Italy. It also adds significantly to an understanding of the relationship between Venice and the republic's subject territories.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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References and abbreviations
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Map 1 - The Terraferma in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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Map 2 - The empire da Mar
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PART I - c. 1400 to 1508
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Introduction: the European context 1400–1525
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1 - The beginnings of Venetian expansion
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2 - The composition and role of the army in the fifteenth century
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3 - Military development and fighting potential
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4 - The organization and administration of the Venetian army
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5 - Control and policy making
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6 - Soldiers and the state
pp 181-198
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7 - Venice and war
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PART II - 1509–1617
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8 - The historical role of the land forces 1509–1617
pp 212-220
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9 - The wars
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10 - Government: policy, control and administration
pp 248-283
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11 - The higher command
pp 284-312
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12 - Manpower
pp 313-366
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13 - Cavalry, infantry, artillery
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14 - Fortifications in the Terraferma
pp 409-428
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15 - The defence of the maritime empire
pp 429-460
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16 - The costs of defence and war
pp 461-484
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Conclusion: the European context 1525–1617
pp 485-493
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Appendix - Infantry wages in the sixteenth century
pp 494-501
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Select bibliography
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Index
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