Pavia 1525: The Climax of the Italian Wars (Campaign 44)
Angus Konstam, Graham Turner - Pavia 1525: The Climax of the Italian Wars
Osprey Publishing | 2001 | ISBN: 1855325047 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 13.14 MB
Campaign 44
Osprey Publishing | 2001 | ISBN: 1855325047 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 13.14 MB
Campaign 44
Osprey's Campaign title for the climax of the Italian Wars (1494-1559). The battle of Pavia has been hailed as the first modern battle, marking the rise of hand held weapons as a tool of warfare. In this titanic clash - the most decisive of the Italian Wars, caused by French territorial ambitions in first the Kingdom of Naples and then the Duchy of Milan - the French troops were smashed by the Spanish Imperial Army. King Francis I was captured, and the cream of his nobility slaughtered. France's greatest defeat since Agincourt, the battle dramatically swung the balance of power in Western Europe.