Duke Cosimo I, the Medici Navy and the Italian Wars (c.1544-1563)

Do Duke Cosimo's galleys, fortresses, and the crusading Order of Santo Stefano illuminate political, religious, and naval actions in the early modern Mediterranean world? This book firstly centers around Cosimo's involvement in the last two decades of the Habsburg-Valois Italian Wars (1494-1559) with a special emphasis on the conflict's naval dimensions and political episodes. Secondly, it deepens...