Globalizing the Thirty Years War: Early German Newspapers and their Geopolitical Perspective on the Atlantic World

★★★ ABSTRACT: At the height of the Thirty Years War, news from South America, West Africa and the Caribbean was widespread and quickly distributed in the central European peripheries of the early modern Atlantic world. Despite the German retreat from sixteenth-century colonial experiments, overseas reports sometimes appeared in remote southern German towns before they were... Continua a leggere →

NELSON’S BATTLES IN 3D: TRAFALGAR

★★ In 1805, Napoleon is planning his move against the Third Coalition of Britain, Russia and Austria. He is determined to finally defeat Britain, and if he can manage to get the French army across the English Channel, his huge and experienced land forces would surely capture the island. Only the formidable British navy stands... Continua a leggere →

Factories of the Roman Empire

★★ To begin with, during the era of the Republic in Rome itself and other large cities, there were many workshops that produced weapons and armor. It was they who supplied the army, which was initially quite small - two legions and a few more turm cavalry, moreover, most often recruited from the allies. Everything... Continua a leggere →

La guerra dell’ombra: infiltrarsi oltre i confini della rivoluzione

★★★ Le guerre dell'età rivoluzionaria e, in seguito, napoleonica non si limitarono alle grandi battaglie tra i grandi eserciti europei, ma si svolsero anche nell'ombra, attraverso operazioni segrete. Particolarmente interessante fu la guerra di spionaggio condotta tra agenti britannici e francesi, una lotta fatta di misteri, segreti e azioni straordinarie. Questi scontri avevano un unico... Continua a leggere →

Marcantonio Bragadin e l’Assedio di Famagosta nel 1571 (I)

★★★ La storia di Marcantonio Bragadin, governatore veneziano di Cipro, del comandante Astorre Baglioni, e della loro difesa della fortezza di Famagosta, rappresenta uno degli eventi più significativi della lotta fra ottomani e veneziani per il controllo del Mediterraneo orientale. Pochi mesi prima della famosa Battaglia di Lepanto (1571), un manipolo di soldati europei difese Famagosta per un anno nel corso di un... Continua a leggere →

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