In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in medieval Europe. A dreamer who saw himself as the saviour of Christian Europe, he believed he could roll back the ever-spreading tide of Ottoman Turkish conquest. As a base for his crusade he was determined to seize southern Italy. In a lightning campaign he used France's modern army to sweep through Italy, his mobile field artillery train smashing into dust the tall towers of Italy's medieval castles. The Italian states rallied and at Fornovo their alliance, the League of Venice, fought Charles' army to a standstill.
Osprey Campaign 43 - Fornovo 1495 France's Bloody Fighting Retreat
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: September 1996
Author: David Nicolle
Illustrator: Richard Hook
Страниц: 96 pages
ISBN: 9781855325227
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26.9 mb
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