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A compact, illustrated guide to the first major battle of the Italian Wars.
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.
David Nicolle describes the battle, in which the Italian states rallied and at Fornovo their alliance, the League of Venice, fought Charles' army to a standstill.
Table of Contents
Opposing Leaders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Campaign
The Battle of Fornovo
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Chronology
Wargaming Fornovo
Further Reading
Product details
| Published | 15 Sep 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781855325227 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 89 b/w; 17 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 43 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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