Renaissance Armies in Italy 1450–1… by Esposito, Gabriele Paperback / softback

Author:Esposito, Gabriele. Book Binding:Paperback / softback. Many regional wars were fought between the states ruled by Milan, Venice, Genoa, Florence, the Papacy, Siena and Naples. For more than 50 years starting in 1494, major foreign powers also exploited these divisions to invade Italy; both France and Spain made temporary alliances with city states to further their ambitions, and early in the 16th century the Emperor Charles V sent armies from his German realms to support the Spanish.