EMPIRES AND REPUBLICS: Snapshots of Renaissance Europe (16th c.) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

This book brings together five historical studies exploring the major political, military, and diplomatic conflicts of Renaissance Europe during the 16th century.
The narrative opens with Spain’s naval campaign against the Ottomans in 1532, where Emperor Charles V launched a targeted strike against the strategic fortress-city of Coron in the Peloponnese to protect North African territories and open a second Mediterranean front.
It then examines the fierce rivalry between Charles V and Francis I of France, two powerful monarchs locked in a relentless struggle for European hegemony.
Turning to the East, the collection traces the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire, from its 13th-century Asian origins to its 16th-century clashes with European powers in Central Europe.
Moving to the Italian peninsula, the focus shifts to the political partition of Italy following the decline of Imperial control, analyzing how competing merchant states and rival patrons plunged the region into constant warfare.
Finally, the volume reveals a covert chapter of Renaissance diplomacy: an unknown conspiracy within the Venetian nobility during the Third Ottoman-Venetian War (1537–1540), where high-ranking aristocrats sold vital secrets to French and Ottoman agents.
Together, these texts offer a comprehensive snapshot of early modern Europe.

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