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Italian Wars
Great Italian Wars 1494 - 1559
Posted 26 Feb 2003
Late medieval and renaissance Italy was divided into a gaggle of competing states (Taylor, 1993). For 66 years during the period 1494–1559 the great European powers - notably France and Habsburg Spain - were in almost continuous conflict to control these small Italian states. On the whole the Hapsburgs were the winners, with Spain being left in control of Milan and Naples and France with nothing more than the Alpine marquisate of Saluzzo (Oman, 1987).
The wars signified the passing of chivalry, the arrival of artillery as a field weapon, and the rising of the famous Tercios (Oman, 1987; Taylor, 1993). They were also characterized by the extensive use of mercenaries (Swiss, German and Italian) with the problems that entailed.
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